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Queen Mary University of London researchers teach bees to play soccer

Friday, February 24, 2017
LONDON (KGO) -- Researchers at Queen Mary University of London trained bees to roll a ball into a goal by rewarding them with sugar water.

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Some bees were able to do it without any demonstration.

Other bees watched their companions do it, then figured out even quicker ways to move the ball.
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Researchers say this could help bees in the wild as they face widespread population declines.

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