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Bee

Sealed honey essentially never spoils. Its water content is low (~17%) and bound to sugar, its pH of 3–4.5 is acidic, and bee enzymes add hydrogen peroxide. Microbes can't survive, so millennia-old honey is found unspoiled in Egyptian tombs.
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When bees are repeatedly exposed to explosive scents followed by sugar water, they eventually extend their tongues at the smell alone. A real device was built with 36 trained bees in sensor cartridges as an explosive detector. Training a dog takes months, but bees need only a few hours.
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Honeybees can understand that zero is smaller than 1, 2, 3, or 4.
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  • Bee
  • Zero
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  • Biology
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