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Honeybees order numbers from left to right, a study claims

The finding suggests that mental number lines are innate, not learned. But the idea has critics

A honeybee on a white background with three black squares around it.

This honeybee is being trained to recognize the concept of the number three by drinking sugar water from a micropipette placed in the middle of a panel with three black squares.

Martin Giurfa

By Darren Incorvaia

- More than 2 years ago

Like many humans, honeybees seem to prefer their numbers ordered from left to right.