Do Bees Sleep?

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Recent research seems to indicate that bees do sleep, as they remain motionless for long periods, their breathing slows, antennas droop and then need stimulus to 'wake' them up. So apart from not snoring it sure looks like sleep. If there is a lot of nectar coming in the bees that would normally dance to communicate the source of the food (see above) instead wake up the 'sleeping' bees by buzzing near them which means 'Oi! you take this nectar from me I've been busy'

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