Do they ride around in a four bee four?

Researchers have discovered that honey bees can count to four, a report said here on Sunday.

So on Yahoo UK, a report on the ABC is 'here'?

Any beekeeper knows bees can count much higher than that.

The Count is deviant.
Be warned, you will pee yourself.

Don't forget the lightning and thunder with the Ahh haaahh haaaaah hhhha.

Whats so smart about something that can only count to four when its got six legs?

/I can count to twenty one.

the computing power in a small portion of a bee's brain exceeds any desktop computer.
their brain is probably multi core.
maybe the scientists didn't realise the bees count in base 3

base 3

Whats so smart about something that can only count to four when its got six legs?

In the introduction to the novel The Last Theorem Frederik Pohl tells how he used to impress people in college by telling them he could count up to 1023 on his fingers.

Today's FARK is brought to you by the letter B.

Beeeads?

That's "Ah ah ahhhh" subby.

mander: That's "Ah ah ahhhh" subby.

(Not to be confused with "Eh eh ehhh")

veale728: Boobies.

:-/

Also, if this is meant to be read as "Boo, bees :-/", then nicely done.

/if it's not, then disregard this notice

So I suppose they're like rabbits then. Anything over 4 is considered to be hrair.

/time to go and pass hraka.

Stupid bees. I can count to, like, 30.

"THERE! ARE! FOUR! FLOWERS!"

"THERE! ARE! FOUR! FLOWERS!"

very nice :-)

As a former bee keeper, I can tell you that bees are quite simply some of the most fascinating creatures on the planet. Ultimate communist structure within the hive, to the point where speculation about a single "hive-mind" of some sort is not all that far fetched. For the size of a bees brain, the intelligence of these insects is amazing.

Some fun facts
A hive queen mates only once in her life, she stores all of the sperm from that single mating flight, and fertilizes eggs at will (fertilized eggs she lays will become female "worker" bees. Unfertilized eggs will become male "drone" bees) She will lay eggs to achieve a certain harmonious ratio of drones to workers.

Honey cannot "rot"

Worker bees can choose to make any worker larva into a queen, and will do so if their current queen dies, simply by feeding the larva differently

In breaking news...

Still no cure for cancer.

/obligatory

Approves

How many free puppies and cappuccinos can they count?

jiggold: The Count is deviant.
Be warned, you will pee yourself.

Came for THIS

/leaves satisfied
//lights cig

How 'bout the bee's knees? Did they find those?

mander: That's "Ah ah ahhhh" subby.


This.

Not impressed

...and neither is anyone else with my posting skills. Let's try again:

slave2grind: Whats so smart about something that can only count to four when its got six legs?

/I can count to twenty one.

Well, I guess that removes any doubt of whether or not you're male.

Nobody has pointed out that this article is wrong yet? That does not prove that they can count to 4. It only proves that they cannot remember more than 4 different routes to find food. They think they're training them to follow a line...but the bees are just following their own pheromone trails, maybe they can only make up to 4 separate trails of their own. This article sucks.

/Hotlinked goodness
//Ah ah ahhhh

Even now bee science is exploring the possibility of numbers beyond four.

/five?

Approves

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I wanna rock down to Leg Avenue - wowee

But do they know how many Hives they own?

Impooter: Nobody has pointed out that this article is wrong yet? That does not prove that they can count to 4. It only proves that they cannot remember more than 4 different routes to find food. They think they're training them to follow a line...but the bees are just following their own pheromone trails, maybe they can only make up to 4 separate trails of their own. This article sucks.

What I came to say. At least someone else read and understood the article.

I remember when "the Count" was introduced as a new character on Sesame Street.

/my lawn, off it now!

Mongo cut wood: But do they know how many Hives they own?

I doubt it, but they probably know when to SPAWN MORE OVERLORDS

Boobies.

:-/

Is it just me, or is this trend getting REALLY old.

thespindrifter: I remember when "the Count" was introduced as a new character on Sesame Street.

Yeah, me too. Remember the one where he was trying to count the number of horses on a toy carousel? That was awesome. Cracks me up every time.

Thanks, jiggold, I didn't know I could spew tea that far. Somehow i missed my laptop. XD;;;

epic fail, this one was already done under the same retarded gag. You suck subby.

mander: mander: That's "Ah ah ahhhh" subby.

(Not to be confused with "Eh eh ehhh")

Also not to be confused with "ooh ooh oooh".