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Honey bees learn to count: researchers
ABC.com.au ^ | Oct 26, 2008 | staff reporter

Posted on 10/26/2008 7:23:50 AM PDT by Daffynition

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To: Goonch

Goonch,
In your photo on post 17.... that looks like a bumble bee, NOT a honeybee. LOL


21 posted on 10/26/2008 10:11:25 AM PDT by Apple Pan Dowdy (... as American as Apple Pie)
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To: Vaduz

Vaduz,
In reality it is ONLY the female bees (called worker bees) that are productive........ contrary to what you saw in the recent silly bee movie.


22 posted on 10/26/2008 10:13:10 AM PDT by Apple Pan Dowdy (... as American as Apple Pie)
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To: Apple Pan Dowdy

“Cheeburger Cheeburger Pepsi-Pepsi! No Coke!”


23 posted on 10/26/2008 10:18:12 AM PDT by Goonch (Bagarius "goonch” Yarrelli - my friends call me Goonch)
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To: Apple Pan Dowdy

The thorax of a bumblebee is always black.


24 posted on 10/26/2008 10:24:04 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Obama isn't just an empty suit, he's a Suit-Bomb trying to sneak into the White House.)
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To: Daffynition
""But their ability to count seems to go only up to four. They can't count beyond four.""

Hmmmm. May be that's what they want you to think...

25 posted on 10/26/2008 10:30:51 AM PDT by mrsmith
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To: Goonch
Honeeey I’m home!


26 posted on 10/26/2008 1:17:48 PM PDT by Daffynition (The most terrifying words in the English langauge are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.)
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27 posted on 10/26/2008 1:19:16 PM PDT by Daffynition (The most terrifying words in the English langauge are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.)
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To: Daveinyork
Poor olde Hamlet didn't know how many flying insects had stung him. That's why he said, "Two bees or not two bees."


28 posted on 10/26/2008 1:32:20 PM PDT by Daffynition (The most terrifying words in the English langauge are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.)
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To: Apple Pan Dowdy
I love this! Thanks for posting it. In the scheme of things we know so little about the critters that surround us.

Look at this snail maze, e.g., I mean really ...


29 posted on 10/26/2008 1:35:58 PM PDT by Daffynition (The most terrifying words in the English langauge are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.)
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30 posted on 10/26/2008 1:55:23 PM PDT by Goonch (Bagarius "goonch” Yarrelli - my friends call me Goonch)
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To: Daffynition
""They really have a lot of the capacities that we so-called higher human beings possess."

And some we don't


31 posted on 10/26/2008 2:06:24 PM PDT by Goonch (Bagarius "goonch” Yarrelli - my friends call me Goonch)
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To: Daffynition


32 posted on 10/26/2008 2:13:14 PM PDT by Goonch (Bagarius "goonch” Yarrelli - my friends call me Goonch)
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To: Daffynition
B Cup - tee hee


33 posted on 10/26/2008 2:30:14 PM PDT by Goonch (Bagarius "goonch” Yarrelli - my friends call me Goonch)
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To: Goonch
I'm prepared ...


34 posted on 10/26/2008 2:53:26 PM PDT by Daffynition (The most terrifying words in the English langauge are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.)
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To: bert; Apple Pan Dowdy

I happen to be enthralled with hummingbirds ... and they have unique communication skills as well. We really know so little. It is humbling.


35 posted on 10/26/2008 3:01:29 PM PDT by Daffynition (The most terrifying words in the English langauge are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.)
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To: Dysart
So I hear ... from the queen of the spelling bee ....


36 posted on 10/26/2008 3:03:42 PM PDT by Daffynition (The most terrifying words in the English langauge are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.)
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To: Goonch
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

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37 posted on 10/26/2008 3:07:51 PM PDT by Daffynition (The most terrifying words in the English langauge are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.)
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38 posted on 10/26/2008 3:21:39 PM PDT by Daffynition (The most terrifying words in the English langauge are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.)
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39 posted on 10/26/2008 4:01:10 PM PDT by Goonch (Bagarius "goonch” Yarrelli - my friends call me Goonch)
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40 posted on 10/26/2008 4:05:07 PM PDT by Goonch (Bagarius "goonch” Yarrelli - my friends call me Goonch)
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