Don't Worry, Bee Happy

We Have Concerns

Anthony Carboni/Jeff Cannata

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4.9 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2016

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Scientists at Queen Mary University of London who study bees suggest that insects have something like emotional states, and that a sweet treat can change the way bumble bees make decisions, producing something akin — although perhaps distantly related — to optimism. Anthony and Jeff digest this info, and try to make sense of an emotional honeybee.

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0:00.0	Sup y'all, you want to know the secrets here, the secrets.
0:03.0	If you go to patreon.com slash we have concerns, you can get early episodes, you can get bonus
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0:30.0	I'm pulsing and being part of the first wave of the song.
0:32.4	So fun and I keep doing it and it never burns me except 50% of the time.
0:36.8	This is we have concerns. Hi Jeff, can I have a mic?
0:38.8	Hi Anthony Carbone. Hello concerned citizens.
0:41.2	You think bees have emotions?
0:43.2	Oh man, that's tricky.
0:47.2	I think bees certainly have instinctive and chemical reactions that are that could seem
0:56.7	like base emotional reactions.
0:58.3	Sure.
0:59.3	Well this is a story that was sent to us by Charlotte.
1:01.8	She sent it to we have concerns show at gmail.com which is Charlotte.
1:05.3	Great place to send stories.
1:06.3	You can also send them to our subreddit post them there at wehaveconcerns.reddit.com.
1:11.5	This is a story about scientists trying to determine whether insects in general and bees
1:17.6	specifically have emotions.
1:21.7	In fact, there's been some studies already about bees having anxiety which is crazy.
1:30.0	They literally put bees in jars and shook the jars and then tested the bees and they're
1:34.0	like, yeah, bees are fucked up when we shake them like this.
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