Medicine & TechnologyDespite a tiny brain size, Bumblebees show great intelligence and learning capability. They constntly learn new things from one another and develop their skills.
For bees jonesing for their next fix, fate could be a little messy with their newest addictions. In a new study published this week in the journal Nature, researchers conducted experiments to find out just how new pesticides are affecting bee foraging behavior. And what they found is that humans aren’t the only ones addicted to small bits of nicotine—bees crave it too.