Bees Are Even More Clever Than We Think

A bumblebee walks across the surface of an artificial flower, working out the pattern of scent created by placing peppermint oil in some of the holes (via Dave Lawson/University of Bristol) Humans aren’t the only ones that stop and smell the roses: Bumblebees can tell flowers apart by how scent is arranged on their surface. But they also have varying patterns of aroma.