Can we use bees as a model of intelligent alien life to develop interstellar communication?

By Scarlett Howard, Research Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University
Adrian Dyer, Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Monash University
Andrew Greentree, Professor of Quantum Physics and Australian Research Council Future Fellow, RMIT University

Humans have always been fascinated with space. We frequently question whether we are alone in the universe. If not, what does intelligent life look like? And how would aliens communicate?

The possibility of extraterrestrial life is grounded in scientific evidence. But the distances involved in travel between the stars are vast. If we do contact aliens, it would likely be via…

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