Is There Evidence That Bees Feel Pain?

Jonathan birch of the london school of economics, who was not involved in the study, is the principal investigator on the foundations of animal sentience project. Jonathan: I think there has been a tendency sometimes to write off the possibility that insects could feel pain. So this study is really welcome for that reason, because it is using methodologies that have been used with other contested cases, like crabs. If an animal is capable of experiencing suffering, then i think that creates an obligation on our part to take its interests into account.