There is a lot we don't understand in nature. Maybe the humble bumble bee has deep philosophical thought about it's own existence and requires escapism through

There is a lot we don't understand in nature. Maybe the humble bumble bee has deep philosophical thought about it's own existence and requires escapism through play. There is a viral video of bees opening a soda bottle. It also could be that those wooden balls just had the right odor, gustatoric or sensoric properties to be very interesting to them. What can they do besides cling to it and move around with it anyway? Colored wood, that hasn't been sufficiently cleaned and maybe touched by unprotected hands in an otherwise dull environment, could be a wealth of information to them, that triggers various routines. Maybe it is behavior to explore, while leaving again a chemical trail, that makes the object more interesting for other bees that follow. The observations based on the age or gender of the bees could have a lot to do with previous interactions the object had. Ants may run into a death spiral, when their chemical path closes in a loop. Insects are sophisticated sensors, that communicated chemically and based on simple algorithms to great success. So there could be just algorithmic behavior behind this. We are indeed still far of from bumble bee football, but with the right chemical trails, who knows what could be possible.