The Bee

Situation: Imagine being in a room; the window at the back of the room is open. In front of the window there is a table with a vase, in which a fresh rose stands. A painting of flowers hangs on the opposite wall. A bee flies into the room through the open window, straight to the painting and not the rose. WHY????

My class and I were given a task to brainstorm all possible ideas as to why the bee acted the way it did and this is what I came up with.

• The bee could be greedy and wanted to feed on the bouquet of flowers instead of the single rose.
• It could also be that the bee was more attracted to the vibrant colors of the painting.
• Perhaps the bee has it's own preference of flowers and it happens to be that rose is not one of them.
• Or maybe the rose was just smaller in size compared to the painting that the bee completely did not notice it.

Hence, I feel like this activity shows that even insects can be deceived by things such as colors.