It might sound hard to bee-lieve, but honeybees can match symbols to numerical values, according to a study. The finding, published Wednesday in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, a scientific ...

A new experiment in which bees were trained to associate symbols with numbers suggests we can communicate with insects in ways not thought possible. An Australian-French collaboration is claiming to ...

We've learned bees can understand zero and do basic math, and now a new study shows their tiny insect brains may be capable of connecting symbols to numbers. Researchers have trained honeybees to ...

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We all know that some animals are very smart, dogs can be trained to perform impressive tasks, and primates can use sign language, and there are other smart animals. Most don't likely think of bees as ...