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Re:How insects like bumblebees do so much with tiny brains by babyrainbow on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @08:13AM (#13471023)
Give bumblebees radio, tv, reddit, hackernews, facebook and whatsapp. Pretty soon they too will be doing pretty much nothing...

Also, give them money and the idea that they will have to amass this stack pile paper before they die, instead of gathering the stupid nectar...

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Re:How insects like bumblebees do so much with tiny brains by taneq on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @08:45AM (#13471204)
> Also, give them money and the idea that they will have to amass this stack pile paper before they die, instead of gathering the stupid nectar...

Are you serious? You can pick up your mobile phone and arrange to have nectar come to you in any amount you require (as long as you have the money to afford it).

In fact, to a honeybee, nectar is pretty much exactly analogous to money.

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Re:How insects like bumblebees do so much with tiny brains by pjmlp on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @09:02AM (#13471317)
Like Salarium was once to us. :)
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Re:How insects like bumblebees do so much with tiny brains by babyrainbow on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @08:54AM (#13471260)
>In fact, to a honeybee, nectar is pretty much exactly analogous to money.

Can you or your newborn eat money?

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