Honey bee facility reveals insights into workings of human brain
Wednesday, December 23, 2015 - 11:20
in Biology & Nature
The honey bee brain is extraordinary. In the same way that the human brain expands in size from birth to adulthood, as we are exposed to experiences, so too does the honey bee brain. It expands to absorb memories, scents, experiences and information increasing in size over spring and summer, and literally shrinks over winter, when there is less sensory overload.