Bees do swim!

MSU News ran a report on our recent paper last Friday:
https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2026/03/study-finds-bees-can-swim

our paper is here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-026-09669-w

If you can read Chinese, here are two Chinese news from the wechat platforms.

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/A8n4-EyJHgLKU_jHhfVgVw

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/nopLrS18wyUOJnR5_1eW7A

Our paper showed that 1. honey bees indeed “swim” because their movement on water is purposeful (e.g. directional) and shows a preference toward dark; 2. Pesticide disrupted this process, suggesting it was a cognitive one and 3. Solitary bees also show the dark preference (and stronger, actually), suggesting bees had this trait before becoming social.     Cheers,  Zach