stackyFACTSYou can't even remember the name of your new coworker, but a bug with a brain the size of a sesame seed remembers exactly what you look like.
You can't even remember the name of your new coworker, but a bug with a brain the size of a sesame seed remembers exactly what you look like. Scientists have trained honeybees to pick specific human faces out of a lineup in exchange for sugar water. They use configural processing, piecing together your eyes, nose, and lips like a biological facial recognition software. So yes, the bees absolutely know who stole their honey.
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