A study by an international team of researchers says that the brains of bees, are attracted by the novelty , and show different patterns of gene activity in molecular pathways associated with thrill seeking , in beings humans.every bee has a specific role (nurse, or collector , for instance) to serve his queen.
When a bee colony leave their homes behind the hive divides and the swarm must find a new home.
In this time of crisis , some bold - less than 5% of bees swarm - engaged in the hunt for a beehive. These bees nest called Scouts , are, on average , 3.4 times more likely to become also in food explorers .
To test whether changes in the brain signaling causing novelty seeking , the researchers subjected the groups of bees to treatments to enhance or inhibit these chemicals in the brain. Two treatments ( with glutamate and octopamine ) , increased desire for exploration in bees that had not explored before.
The results also suggest that insects , humans, and other animals, they use the same genetic system in the evolution of behavior , genes encoding certain molecular pathways , may play a role in these types of behaviors, but each species fits later in a distinctive way .
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