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1: Time Illusions, Electric Bees, and Fakespeares

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How Do Bees Communicate With Each Other?

Bees can sense flowers using this electrical charge. A study from the University of Bristol back in 2013 built a small arena full of fake flowers. And what they found is that bees moved around completely randomly and had no real sense of where they were going. But when they added a small electrical charge to the metal part of the flower, the bees learned what was in the dish. This is actually this is technically a two way communication system but we didn't know that.

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