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Bees on cocaine behave just like humans on coke - hooray for science!
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| Lira |
I believe this is going to be a useful experiment in the long run, but it's hard not to laugh at the thought of buzzed bees babbling frantically doing lusty conga lines :p
| quote: | Previously scientists discovered that bees resemble human beings in several aspects, including the fact that they are social and deeply house-proud. Recently scientists unveiled another similarity between us and the bees, i.e. bees show the same behavior when exposed to cocaine.
Researchers at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, discovered that after being given a dose of cocaine, bees threw themselves into odd active dance routines and felt obliged to "talk" to their nest companions. Besides, they went through withdrawals when running out of drugs. The study involved the analysis of bees' behavior after they came back from a journey looking for food.
"When foraging honeybees discover a particularly good source of pollen or nectar, they fly back to the hive and perform a symbolic dance for their nest mates," said Dr Andrew Barron. He said that the symbolic dance represents a specialized type of communication through which bees inform their nest mates about the rewards they were able to find.
Scientists dabbed low doses of the drug on the backs of the bees before the insects went out. They noticed that after returning from their trip, bees were more likely to get involved in a dance for their nest companions. They particularly performed dynamic routines, providing details about the location of food. After observing the dance language of the bees, the team of researchers tried to understand what was happening in the brain of those bees. They found that the drug made bees more passionate communicators. Additional enthusiasm helped the bees better communicate with their nest mates. The research and its results were published in the Journal of Experimental Biology.
An additional step in Baron's research was to analyze the behavior of bees after the removal of the drug. Scientist gave the bees a week of cocaine diet and then they tested the ability of these insects to make a distinction between two different smells. After consuming cocaine for a week, the bees were unable to distinguish the smells, reported The Guardian. "Their performance absolutely crashed," noted Baron.
It is worth mentioning that this is the first study to show that bees are affected by cocaine the same way humans are. However, the addiction in humans is much more complicated, but Baron believes that bees may help discover some features of the phenomenon. He hopes to find, for example, which genes are turned on when the brain of a bee goes cold turkey. |
http://www.infoniac.com/science/bee...to-cocaine.html
On a side note, scientists report that no animals were injured during the experiment, and Slylee didn't get any of the illegal substance because she's busy with her in-laws. Poor Jamie :( |
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| ChemEnhanced |
| why are we waisting blow on bees? |
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| DJ Shibby |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
I believe this is going to be a useful experiment in the long run, but it's hard not to laugh at the thought of buzzed bees babbling frantically doing lusty conga lines :p
http://www.infoniac.com/science/bee...to-cocaine.html
On a side note, scientists report that no animals were injured during the experiment, and Slylee didn't get any of the illegal substance because she's busy with her in-laws. Poor Jamie :( |
Yup, good .
And if you take it a step further, this applies to many evolutionary "jumps" that all animals take in their timelines.
By being exposed to (in the environment), discovering, or newly manufacturing through mutation new chemical compounds that alter physiology, all creatures come to evolve new permanent features in the long run.
Man, for example, may have helped develop the frontal cortex due to healthy edible doses of abundant flora in nature, such as mushrooms for example. |
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| Rose |
| What a waste of coke. |
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| Cpt.Cocaine |
| bees are awesome |
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| squats |
| Columbian Bees have been making cocaine in their hives since the 70s. Where have you been? |
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| denys envy |
| does this mean they listen to deep house too? |
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| squats |
| Nah they listen to Deep Houzzzzzzzzzzzzzz |
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| Moongoose |
| Whou funds this kind of research is what i want to know? And who asked himself, i know that the human race needs to know...how do been behave on coce :wtf: |
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| kadomony |
| hey man, wanna do some bee? |
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| Axer |
Amphetamines should work equally on anything.
Damn, I haven't seen a brick in a while. :o |
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| squats |
| quote: | Originally posted by Axer
Damn, I haven't seen a brick in a while. :o |
Heres 5 |
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