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POPSHoney Bees On Cocaine Dance More, yet not out of control "Because cocaine causes honey bees to dance more – an altruistic behavior – the researchers believe their results support the idea that there is a reward system in the insect brain, something that has never before been shown. To determine whether the cocaine was merely causing the bees to move more or to dance at inappropriate times or places, the researchers conducted a second set of experiments. These tests showed that non-foraging honey bees don't dance, even when exposed to cocaine. They showed that foragers on cocaine do not move more than other bees (except when dancing), and that they do not dance at inappropriate times or in locations other than the dance floor." "And, most important, their dances are not distorted. "It's not like they're gyrating wildly on the dance floor out of control," Robinson said. "This is a patterned response."
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