What Do Bees Think About?

Prologue: What Is a Bee?
1. A Poor Sense of Direction
In a Bee's Head
Everyone on the Dance Floor
A Vector of Misinformation
The Traveling Salesman Problem
Cognitive Map and Cognitive Load
2. The Fragrance of Deja Vu
The Smell of Hydrocarbons
The Misunderstood Cockroach
Golf, Cheaters, and Peep Shows
A Miniature Theory of Mind?
3. The Limitations of a Miniature Intelligence
On the Shoulders of Turner
Flower Power
Concepts and Arithmetic
Bumblebees Are not Always in a Good Mood
A Miniature Imagination
Consciousness and the Temptation of Anthropomorphism
4. The Superorganism
Simple and Complex
The Wisdom of the Crowd
It Takes All Kinds
Insects and Robots
This Election Is Rigged!
5. Achilles' Heel
The Harmful Effects of Nicotine
Rock Is not Dead
The Badger and Preventive Measures
The Second Brain
Five Fruits and Vegetables a Day
Waiting for the Next World
Epilogue: After All, We Are All a Bit Like Bees
Afterword, by Jessica Serra
Acknowledgments
Notes

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• Insectos (entomologia)
• Fauna: borboletas, outros insetos e aranhas

insect cognition, bees, evolution, Anthophila, Apoidea, winged insects, animal studies, animal morality, insect brains, insect behavior, hierarchy of organisms, pollinators, entomology, life sciences, biology