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Published online 24 June 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.911
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Are honeybees gullible?
Study suggests we were wrong to credit bees with a sense of imagination.
They form elaborate societies and efficient industrial complexes, and are probably the most accomplished dancers in the insect world. But do honeybees (Apis mellifera) have 'imagination'?
It might sound like a strange question, but it's one that has dogged researchers for decades.
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