Yes, This is Video of a Bumblebee Scoring a Goal with a Ball

Scientists were able to train bumblebees to perform a task. The bees were then able to teach other untrained insects the skill. Sean Dowling (@seandowlingtv) has more.

Transcription

0:00

I never thought I'd say this but here's

0:01

a bumblebee scoring a goal that's not

0:04

only scored he got food as a reward

0:07

scientists at Queen Mary University of

0:08

London say the B's ball rolling skills

0:11

show how the insects can learn to solve

0:12

tasks from other bees scientist trained

0:15

the Beast to score goals three ways to

0:16

get sugar water here they used a fake

0:18

beyond the end of a stick another way

0:20

was a ghost method where scientists

0:22

secretly moved the ball from below with

0:24

a magnet but the researchers found these

0:26

learn best from each other after putting

0:28

trained bees with a bunch of basic ones

0:30

the untrained be started copying their

0:33

behavior

0:33

not only that they improved on the

0:35

action they chose balls closer to

0:37

themselves so they could do less work

0:39

and get the reward faster all of this

0:41

despite having brains around the size of

0:43

a sesame seed in the science world it

0:45

was usually thought that the smaller the

0:46

brain the less intelligent species one

0:49

of the lead researcher says this study

0:51

is the nail in the coffin that that idea

0:53

is old-fashioned

0:54

previous studies have shown bees can

0:56

solve complex tasks but those always

0:58

resembled things they would do in the

0:59

wild rolling about with specific area

1:02

isn't exactly one of their natural

1:03

foraging routines so when your coworker

1:06

asks what's the latest buzz show them

1:08

this video