The Mind of a Bee

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He thinks the level of sophisticated cognition bees exhibit means it’s unlikely they do not feel any emotions at all. “Sentience is about the capacity to have feelings,” he says. “And what we’re seeing now is some evidence that there are these ... emotion-like states in bees.” The book’s bees astound; so too the clever humans who study them."---Robert Eagan, Library Journal, starred review Bees need to sleep and will rest several hours each day during the eternal daylight of polar summer.

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Bees memorize important landmarks by direction and relative to the sun, so if you go moving bees at night they’ll be totally lost the next day. If you move a hive a couple of feet, the bees will go to where they expect their hive to be and not immediately return to their home - possibly because they’re not sure whether it is a rival hive and they’ll be snuffed by guard bees. First off - there were very few photos of insects in this book. Insects are cool, but seeing them up close (esp. with extreme magnification of compound eyes) gives me the heebies. second off let me say this book was a bit hard to get thru because i dont typically read nonfiction. it was interesting, but i think i prefer individual articles when reading about experiments and results. that being said- it was convenient to hav all the information in one place. Having already read Honeybee Democracy, which is referenced quite often in this book, and The Lives of Bees: The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild, I had a solid base before starting this one, but I think reading this book first would have been better. It's broader in its scope, so if you haven't read Seeley's yet, you may want to start here instead. Definitely read Honeybee Democracy afterwards, though, since it details the waggle dance and the social structure of bees, and it's fascinating. Also referenced assiduously is Karl von Frisch, who was a giant in this field of study. I have yet to read any of his books because I think they're even more technical than Seeley's, but Animal Architecture is calling my name.Bees have 300 degree vision and their eyes process information faster than any human's. All of their nutrition comes from flowers and each individual flower provides only a tiny meal so bees have to travel great distances to obtain all the nutrition that they need. They are competing with many other insects for this nutrition. Save Benefits of Detoxing the Mind to your collection. Share Benefits of Detoxing the Mind with your friends. Bees also have their own dance language which they use to represent distance, direction, and duration, to tell hive members where to go to find flower patches.

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Intensely detailed, meticulously researched, and always illuminating, The Mind of a Bee is as enjoyable as it is intellectually stimulating. This book takes a fascinating deep dive into bees’ lives and minds, raising critical new questions for us as a species.”—Helen Jukes, author of A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings Save Dyslexia: It's All in The MIND to your collection. Share Dyslexia: It's All in The MIND with your friends. Most of us are aware of the hive mind—the power of bees as an amazing collective. But do we know how uniquely intelligent bees are as individuals? In The Mind of a Bee, Lars Chittka draws from decades of research, including his own pioneering work, to argue that bees have remarkable cognitive abilities. He shows that they are profoundly smart, have distinct personalities, can recognize flowers and human faces, exhibit basic emotions, count, use simple tools, solve problems, and learn by observing others. They may even possess consciousness. He began to realise some individual bees were more curious and confident than others. “You also find the odd ‘genius bee’ that does something better than all the other individuals of a colony, or indeed all the other bees we’ve tested..” You find the odd ‘genius bee’ that does something better than all the other individuals of a colony. Lars Chittka

Lars Chittka's book is timely indeed, as it vividly describes and scientifically underpins the stunning intellectual power of these little creatures. . . .Highly recommend this book to everybody interested in nature- layman or professional."—Rudolf Alexander Steinbrecht, Arthropod Structure & Development ​​​​​​​ Bees also have a culture that can be passed down from generation to generation. However, in colder climates, it seems that cultural evolution stops in the winter because of hibernation. A Lars Chittka’s The Mind of a Bee is a mind-blowing presentation of scientific evidence and insight showing beyond any reasonable doubt that bees have awareness, memories, basic emotions, intelligence, and personalities—and that what we are doing to them and their world has not just practical but moral implications.”—Carl Safina, author of Beyond Words and Becoming Wild