Scientists Teach Bees To Play With Legos

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Examples of insect collaboration pop up often in nature, but do the critters’ tiny brains have anything to do with the teamwork or is it merely innate behavior? Curious to answer that question as it relates to bumblebees, researchers in Finland got the winged buzzers to play with one of the world’s most popular toys, Legos.

James Dorey, a biological scientist in Australia who was not involved with the study, called the findings “quite exciting.” In the video of this phenomenon below, two determined bees appear to demonstrate Arnold Schwarzenegger-level strength when maneuvering a block. In truth, the weight of the blocks didn’t matter since the researchers controlled the Legos’ movement with magnets located underneath both the pieces and the surface they sat on.

 

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