Honeybees can count up to 4

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

So does that qualify them for the Upper Class Twit of the Year competition?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081026/...tralia_science

[One-Fang]

Hmm, I'm not sure the research as described proves they "count" anything at all.

But interesting nonetheless. However, I'm left assuming that they fail to find it when it's in five or above. That is not specifically stated. Is that the case? It's a bit of a weird, informationless, report.

[Soulstealer]

Well it's yahoo news so they're not exactly the best source of getting the science. Most news agencies just latch onto one fact and run with it. What you really want is a copy of the original research or a peer reviewed journal.

That said, we're all doomed when they learn up to 5.