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BugsJustFindMe
It's a little hard to see because of the shaky filming, but from the way the cap subtly tilts during the rotation it looks like it's not actually screwed on at all and is just resting on top. So this doesn't necessarily show them unscrewing the cap or even working together at all.

The best we can say from the video is that two bees were each trying to push under the cap and it rotated in the process because of the way the bees were oriented.

meowster
Agreed, the video is too short to show any significant rotation of the bottle cap.
boxed
Not that current neuroscience can explain that either :)
BugsJustFindMe
You don't think that current science can explain a bee trying to push toward a food source that it can see and smell?
boxed
It really can't. Smell isn't really undetood. Vision isn't understood. This is pretty clear when looking at modern robotics.
teawrecks
Just like the tides. And magnets.
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