Bees on Drugs
S o as if cell phones weren't enough, Australian Researchers have now given bees cocaine to examine it's effects on the insect. The soci-dynamics of a honey bee colony is quite complex. Every bee has it's role and every role is important. But as much as the colony depends on their Queen to keep the population steady, they rely equally on those of the colony who work at gathering the best pollen for their tribe. That being said, in order to collect the bounty, honey bees must trek out into the wide unknown in search of said tasty pollen and return to the hive to deliver the message of sweet goodness to the other members of the colony so that other collector bees can go and help with the collection process. Now, as if you're stupid, I'm going to mention that since bees don't have developed speech, they do however have a very intricate form of visual communication which involves a series of complex dance moves to help direct the other bees to the bounty. Upon findi...