Goal! Bees can learn ball skills from watching each other, study finds

Bees are better at problem solving than previously thought, and can learn tasks totally unlike their natural behaviour, say researchers

Bumblebees can learn how to manoeuvre a ball just by watching others carry out the task, researchers have discovered in the latest study to shed light on the insects' surprising talents.

While bees have already been shown to be able to learn how to pull on strings, push caps and even rotate a lever to access food, researchers say the new study shows that bees are better at problem solving than we thought.