Honey Bees Can Zero in on the Advanced Concept of Zero (1 of 1) (IMAGE)

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Honey Bees Can Zero in on the Advanced Concept of Zero (1 of 1)

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Schematic representation of how over a period of time bees learn to choose between combinations of numbers such that the lower number is correct, and then when presented with a problem of zero elements versus the higher numbers bees understand that zero is at the lower end of a numerical sequence. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 8 June 2018 issue of <i>Science</i>, published by AAAS. The paper, by S.R. Howard at RMIT University in Melbourne, VIC, Australia, and colleagues was titled, "Numerical ordering of zero in honey bees."

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Composite image by Scarlett Howard, Jair Garcia and Adrian Dyer

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