These Bees Joined Together In Their Friend's Time Of Need - And Then, They Saved His Life

Sep 17, 2018 by apost team

One lucky beekeeper captured once-in-a-lifetime footage when he witnessed an unforgettable moment of empathy between insects. The beekeeper observed a bee that was incapacitated accidentally fall and get stuck into a honey extractor. The bee was then covered head to toe in the honey substance, and his keeper then moved this injured bee to the front area of a beehive.

Once the rest of the bees realized that their friend was in a spot of danger, they rushed to his rescue! They spared no moment before running to help the bee, cleaning each and every speck of honey off of their mate. Although it took a large number of bees over 30 minutes to fully clean off the bee, the mission was a success as the injured bee was once again able to move his wings!

Many humans have a big ego about their own species, meaning that they see insects, and even many different types of animals as critters that have no personalities, empathy, or compassion for any other living being.

However, many studies have been done that prove that even insects as tiny as cockroaches can develop their own unique personality traits. In July of 2012, a group of important neuroscientists, neuropharmacologists, and even some neuroanatomists came together at The University of Cambridge to contemplate on this very phenomenon. They discussed the conscious experience of animals that were non-human, including insects.

Once finished with their assessment, they came up with a statement, which is known as The Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness and can be read in full here.

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The statement tells us that animals that are non-human are still capable of behaviors that are intentional. It also reminds us that just because a creature is not human, does not mean that we should believe it cannot possess some of the same traits as we do, such as having the neurological substrates that can generate these types of consciousness.

This means that animals are able to feel pain, utilize different tools, and make their own decisions about how they communicate with members of their own species. Animals are fully aware, complicated creatures that have their own emotions and thinking processes.

However, animals and humans may not be the only conscious beings on the earth. Further studies have indicated that plants even have forms of communication with each other.

A study from Western Australia has determined that plants of corn are able to emit and also reply to certain sounds. When researchers played a sound of 220 Hz, the plants decided to grow in the direction of that sound. This sound is actually similar to a mimic of the sound the plants themselves make. This just proves that any living being, whether plants, animals, or bees, can potentially hold the ability for conscious thought.

What do you think about the consciousness and empathy of animals? Do you really believe that some plants hold the ability to communicate as well?