[Posted by Chuck Almdale]

From the article [Link] by Avery Hurt, 3 Feb 2023:
Science isn’t sure if insects have feelings, but you might want to think twice before stomping a roach or squishing a bee. A growing body of research is making some surprising discoveries about insects. Honeybees have emotional ups and downs. Bumblebees play with toys. Cockroaches have personalities,recognize their relatives and team up to make decisions. Fruit flies experience something very like what we might call fear.

I found this article by googling it, and I think the link will continue to work. The article contains links to other interesting articles.

The original Science article by Frans B.M. De Waal & Kristin Andrews is here, but only the abstract is free to the non-subscriber.