> Inside the bee's head is an ODE (ordinary differential equation) solver
> basically an analog computer. Just think of the ODE solver as a complicated
> timer, but with output depending on both time and some hidden variable.
> These are common objects in biology, and don't require many neurons.
Do you have any sources to back any of this up at all?
EDIT: Here's a very long list of papers on Honeybee navigation. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/287/5454/851.abstract. From the looks of no one really knows how it works. That includes the OP.