https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/non-clinical-questions/30282/honey-bees-smarter-than-we-thought According to research described in the Telegraph!: digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/.../reader.html I post thisto question whether we should give more respect to even the most minor of our poentialpatients? i.e. invertebrate farming creatures!! Ien-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/237194?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 17 May 2022 11:14:43 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:a998a1f9-8487-4b85-9484-8e189e8fa079Bob Russell<p>Not much surprises about bees. As individuals they do not have a lot of capacity but as a colony they seem to learn!</p> <p>They do recognise the beekeeper. I have been doing the bees with an observer and they tend to leave me alone but treat the observer with interest. This is not down to perfume etc as I suggest anyone accompanying me don&#39;t wear it and the bee suits are generally ours.</p> <p>Never underestimate the &#39;intelligence&#39; of a colony of bees!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/237100?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 05 May 2022 15:10:32 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:473eecb8-63cc-40a7-8ce1-29a0089c903eSarah Keir<p>This is not intelligence or reasoning but just learning. As bees have to forage far to find food sources and tell the rest of the hive where to find them, this doesn&#39;t surprise me at all that they can tell that alternate stations (happened to be marked by a &#39;shape&#39; and be &#39;odd&#39; or even&#39; - these are human terms) are a good source of food or not.</p> <p>And yes, even insects are good at that (probably better than my dog but I see that as a failing of me as a trainer not the dog as a learner).</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>