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	Scientists probe the memory of bees

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6-3-2008 9:21 PM

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6-3-2008 11:41 PM

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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/06/04/2260718.htm"><SPAN>Scientists probe the memory of bees</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/06/04/2260718.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.abc.net.au/img/20701156-E7DA-4328-B673-BA3BBA977475" alt="bee on flower" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/06/04/2260718.htm"><P class="caption" id="storyPhotosCaption">Bees can do extraordinarily complex things with their pinsized brains, say researchers <EM>(Source: iStockphoto)</EM></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/06/04/2260718.htm"><P class="first">Honey bees are able to remember the scent of the flowers they visit by allocating different types of memory to their tiny brains, new research suggests.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/06/04/2260718.htm"><P>Emeritus Professor Lesley Rogers of the <A target="_blank" href="http://www.une.edu.au/">University of New England</A> in Armidale, Australia and Professor Giorgio Vallortigara, of the <A target="_blank" href="http://www.unitn.it/index_eng.htm">University of Trento</A> in Italy report their findings this week in the journal <A target="_blank" href="http://www.plosone.org/"><EM>PLoS ONE</EM></A>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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