Title: The Buzz on Bees
By: Alexandra Stifferlin
A new study has showed that caffeine improves honeybees' memories, which makes the pollinate better. This study was conducted by the "Newcastle University" in the United Kingdom. The team decided to teach one group of bees to learn to associate the smell of flowers, with the smell of certain fruits, which contain some amount of caffeine and another group of bees to only go to flowers with sugar, but not caffeine. In result, after 24 hours, the bees that were caffeinated returned to plants 3 times as much as the other bees did. This shows that the bees who went to the caffeinated plants improved their ability to search for food and made them continue to look at return for these types of plants. Scientists have also found out that caffeine has a similar effect on the brains of mammals which means that they get a better memory.
This article talks about a study that has been conducted because of the problem of bee population drop. This study gave a good result which might help us in the future if the bee population continues to drop, and we train bees to pollinate better and faster, agriculture will continue to work properly. Also, as stated in the article this study can be used on other animals, which can help humans and animals in many ways. In conclusion, I think that this was a very useful study and can greatly help us!
