What happened when NASA launched 3,300 honeybees into zero gravity

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What happened when NASA launched 3,300 honeybees into zero gravity

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NASA launched 3,300 honeybees into space on the Space Shuttle Challenger during mission STS-41C in April 1984. The whole biological experiment was like a curiosity mission to see how microgravity tweaks complex insect patterns, social rhythms, and honeycomb building.