Bees join an exclusive crew of animals that get the concept of zero
Honeybees can pass a test of ranking ‘nothing’ as less than one

BEE CHOSES NOTHING Bees show some sense of the idea of zero, researchers say. Tests required the insects to choose between images with various numbers of dark shapes.
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