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Insects have ‘personalities’ too, research on novelty-seeking honey bees indicates
March 8, 2012 by NewsBot
Thrill-seeking is not limited to humans and other vertebrates, new research suggests. Some honey bees, too, are more likely than others to seek adventure. The brains of these novelty-seeking bees exhibit distinct patterns of gene activity in molecular pathways known to be associated with thrill-seeking in humans, researchers report.