<<the "expert" explained that since honeybees spent such a large
portion of their time actually resting, this was proof that "and he was
sure of" the bee sitting and thinking of the activities of the day. She
would sit at the end of the day and run through her mind the images
processed during the events of the day to prepare for the next day.>>

In The Hive and the Honey Bee, Norman Gary writes:
The potential exposure to many dances, as well as the time delay between
exposure to dances and leaving the hive to forage, may be thought of as a
mechanism that is parallel to the decision making process of the human mind.
In bees then the various alternative food sources are "reviewed and compared"
during exposure to multiple dances of different bees. Ultimately the most
stimulating food sources attract the most foraging activity. (pg. 290)

Gary doesn't cite any sources for this theorizing, but I find him far more
credible than the PBS show. Does anybody know if there is research to support
Gary's theory?

John