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flag Bees can distinguish quantities up to six and understand zero, according to a new study.

flag A new study led by Monash University, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, suggests honeybees possess numerical cognition. flag Researchers found bees can distinguish quantities up to six, understand the concept of zero, and recognize "greater than" and "less than." flag The study challenges previous assumptions that bees rely solely on visual cues, emphasizing that their brains, though small, process numerical information differently than humans.

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