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Inside the mind of a bee, with Prof Lars Chittka

Instant Genius

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How to Solve a String Pulling Task for Bees

We deliberately choose some tasks which are not natural for bees, just because we want to put them on the spot and ask, ll, how far can we actually push there there are micro brains in terms of cognitive performance. We'll have toto use tasks that are outside the natural range of things that they would have to solve. And this includes the kinds of counting task or string pulling tasks that are mentioned earlierwe we've also used a task that where bees have to roll a little ball over a horizontal surface to a goal area. Again, that's notn that form a task a b has ever solved before. So it's a kind of general intelligence and flexibility that allows you to solve

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