
Inside the mind of a bee, with Prof Lars Chittka
Instant Genius
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Bees Life Style
A bee's natural life style means that, first of all, it needs to be a supernavigator. It needs to be very good at memorizing where its native home is. So many of us will be familiar with the honey bee and bumble bees. These are social species. But fewer people are aware that there are thousands of species of bees that are solitary. And if these bees fail to find their way home, it's a disaster. They lose all their offspring and they will starve to death. That distinguishes bees from most other sects, which might more aimlessly drift across the landscape because they don't have a home.
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