Wasps, which were discovered in recent years to be able to recognize even human faces, came forward with another great discovery. The research, published in the journal Animal Behavior, found that wasps are like many other creatures in the animal kingdom. they play games revealed.

Scientists, in their study, ‘bombus terrestris’ type for 45 bumblebees made a playground. This area contained a few small balls. In the observations, it was observed that the bees played with the balls, and it was found that the playing time also changed depending on gender and age.

Those moments when the bees play with the ball:

So why are bees playing with these balls?

As a result of their observation, scientists shared the effects of ball rolling on bees as follows:

• Rolling a ball doesn’t help with immediate survival strategies,
• It is characterized as ‘rewarding’ in nature,
• Different from functional behavior in form,
• It’s repetitive, but it’s not a stereotype,
• It happens when the bees are stress free.

With these results, the they do not play ball for purposes such as foraging, clearing up or mating concluded. Playing a ball is more of a goal a rewarding activity was seen as Directly and voluntarily It was an activity.

There were also differences in bees playing ball by age and sex:

The discovery that bees play games also revealed a situation we see in humans and many animal species. young bees They were seen with more balls. With this dronesshowed more play behavior than female bees.