I thought I might direct everyone to an article in the november Discover
magazine.  It tells of research by mathematician Barbara Shipman at the
University of Rochester.  While plotting sixth dimensional projections of
"Flag manifold" problems in higher math into two dimenwions, she noticed
their similarity to the recruitment dance of honeybees.  By changing the
alpha variable she can duplicate the differences in the dance signifying
locations of food sources.  These equations are used to describe events on
a quantum mechanical level. Such as the behavior of quarks.
        She hypothesizes (it's only theory mind you) that bees can sense their
environment through the activity of quarks in some way.  It sounds pretty
far out since no known sense organs exist for this.  Some
physicists/physiologists have tried to join the fields of biology and
quantum mechanics wiht little support from their colleagues eg: Roger
Penrose.
        Could our little bees be able to perform calculations on the order of
Einstein?  Can they envision the universe like Richard Feynman or Steven
Hawking.  It would be amazing if they could, but with their limited
neurological structure noone has been able to figure out how they store and
interpret the movements of the dance.  It may be pure instinct or it could
be the universe talking.