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Even though an insects' nervous system is relatively simple compared with a vertebrate's complex nervous system, it is well adapted to the environment (Vidal‐Naquet 2015). The central nervous system of the honey bee consists of a primitive brain and a ventral cord that controls sensory perception, movement, navigation, defense, etc… whereas the vertebrate nervous system is comprised of a well‐developed brain, medulla, and spinal cord. The brain of insects largely coordinates sensory perception of the environment (Vidal‐Naquet 2015) and is comprised of three sections: the protocerebrum enables vision and forms two large optic lobes linking the compound eyes, the deutocerebrum controls olfaction via the sense organs of the antennae, and the tritocerebrum facilitates taste through the labrum. The ventral cord section of the central nervous systems – comprised of seven ganglia throughout the thorax and abdomen – innervates insect mouthparts, all of the legs and wings and the sting apparatus (Vidal‐Naquet 2015). The peripheral nervous system supports the various sense organs supporting interactions among honey bees and perception of their environment.