And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.
Genesis 1:31
“Guppies, angelfish and even honeybees are capable of distinguishing between quantities of three and four, although the trusty insects come unstuck at finer differences; they fail to
differentiate between four and five,” said Dr. Scarlett Howard.
“Honeybees are quite accomplished mathematicians. Recently, they were shown to learn the rules of ‘less than’ and ‘greater than’ and apply these rules to evaluate numbers from zero to six.”
However, when the team tested the honeybees that had been trained more rigorously — receiving a quinine reprimand — their performance was considerably better, consistently picking the card with four shapes when offered a choice between it and cards with seven or eight shapes.
Even more impressively, the bees succeeded when offered the more subtle choice between four and five shapes.
So, it seems that honeybees are better mathematicians than had been credited."
SciNews
Genesis 1:31
“Guppies, angelfish and even honeybees are capable of distinguishing between quantities of three and four, although the trusty insects come unstuck at finer differences; they fail to
“Honeybees are quite accomplished mathematicians. Recently, they were shown to learn the rules of ‘less than’ and ‘greater than’ and apply these rules to evaluate numbers from zero to six.”
However, when the team tested the honeybees that had been trained more rigorously — receiving a quinine reprimand — their performance was considerably better, consistently picking the card with four shapes when offered a choice between it and cards with seven or eight shapes.
Even more impressively, the bees succeeded when offered the more subtle choice between four and five shapes.
So, it seems that honeybees are better mathematicians than had been credited."
SciNews
