It's amazing that this is a news story, or that it required some kind of reasearch, or that any grant is available for this. After all, there is math in every science book. Math is a pre-requisite. So, um, understanding the pre-requisite helps do better on a topic?
The relevant Family Guy moment is:
The Quahog newscast of the day ... "A major study was just released on the subject of whether bees can think, and -- let me check -- no, they can't."