ElectricSpectre

Been wondering where the Bees have been disappearing to? It seems likely their either in bed with one of those ‘kidney-punch’ hangovers, or hiding out, shamed of who they woke up next to. In an experiment which we are filing under ‘bloody pointless’, science today tells us that Bees on coke behave pretty much the same way we do. Yep that’s right, bad dancing and worse chat-up lines. For some stupid reason, Dr Andrew Barron of Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, took it upon himself to coke some Bees up and watch them wiggle about. He then took perverse joy (Possibly- advice from our lawyers is pending on this statement) in watching the stripy fiends go cold turkey. According to the good doctor, the Bees danced ‘more energetically’ when dabbed with coke:

“This is a specialized form of communication to tell their nest mates about the rewards they have found.”

Rather like passing the word on the neighborhood crack dealer then. Given the fact that Bees lack gums, ES questions the usefulness of this research, but is pleased to find crap like this making it into the John Carpenter-esque Journal of Experimental Biology.

LINK (Guardian)

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