A magazine dedicated to knocking a ball into a hole in the ground is calling a bee study frivolous. I can imagine no greater authority on frivolity than a magazine called Golf Digest. Here’s a link to their flippancy. While you are there, be sure to watch some of the golf videos that show people knocking their small white balls into holes in the ground.
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The link to the golfers “attacked” on a course in France by a swarm is typical hysteria—one of the commenters at least has the insight to note that “they won’t hurt you if you don’t swat at them” As a woman in a family rampant with men obsessed with spherical objects hit, shot, punched, or thrown in all manner of “games” (can you tell I find this activity frivolous?) the notion that Golf Digest would have this take on bee cognition experiments is not surprising!
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Oh the irony.
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I think the study authors were focused on bumblebees playing football, as in soccer. Perhaps they were jealous that their sport wasn’t getting the attention.
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