It was already known that bees could grasp the concept of zero. However, it appears they are also capable of performing basic addition and subtraction.

Researchers set out to test whether bees could do math, building on a groundbreaking finding that bees understand the concept of zero. The new study shows bees can be taught to recognize colors as ...

The Journal of Educational Research, Vol. 80, No. 6 (Jul. - Aug., 1987), pp. 363-365 (3 pages) Two classes of third-grade students in distant but similar schools were selected for the study. In the ...