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Since decoding the “waggle dance” in the 1940s, bees have been at the forefront of research into insect intellect. A new study shows that bees can be trained to understand the dot-dash behavior of ...

Bumblebees can separate dot-like and dash-like flashes in a way that resembles Morse code. Researchers at Queen Mary University of London trained the insects to use the duration of a light cue to ...

Buff-tailed bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) can decide where to forage for food based on different durations of visual cues, according to new research. In Morse code, a short duration flash or ‘dot’ ...

Bees never stop surprising us with what they can do, and a new study has just added something unexpected to the list. Bumblebees can tell the difference between long and short flashes of light, ...

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A new study is the first to show that an insect can differentiate between different durations of visual cues. In Morse code, a short duration flash or “dot” denotes a letter “E” and a long duration ...

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It is well known that pictographic languages that use Hanzi, like Mandarin, are difficult to work with for computer input and output devices. After all, each character is a tiny picture that ...

In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists found that bumblebees can tell the difference between short and long light flashes, much like recognizing Morse code. The insects learned which signal led to a ...

Experimental Apparatus. On the right is the wooden nest box where bees live. It is connected by acrylic tunnels to the observation chamber at the top of the picture and the three experimental ...