A small masterpiece of nature: the bee brain, with a volume of only 1 mm3, contains the optic lobes (areas LA, ME and LO), which have circuits for color recognition, motion detection, edge detection and polarization fixation, the mushroom body (MB), responsible for learning and memory, the calyces (Ca), which includes neurons necessary for the perception of mechanical influences, the antennal lobes (AL) and a number of other specialized sections (illustration by Current Biology).