The bees were split into two groups. For the first one, a short flash was the “dot” in Morse code, and it was associated with sugar. A longer flash, or a “dash” was associated with a bitter substance ...

A new study is the first to show that an insect can decide where to forage for food based on different durations of visual cues. In Morse code, a short duration flash or "dot" denotes a letter "E" and ...

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Bumblebees can process the duration of flashes of light and use the information to decide where to look for food, a new study has found.

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A study finds that bumblebees can tell long and short light flashes apart, revealing a surprising timing skill in these tiny ...

Bumblebees can learn to understand a simple kind of Morse code and differentiate between long and short light flashes, according to a new study. Researchers have shown for the first time that the ...