Recently learned the 2-feet-2-mile-2-week rule via /r/Beekeeping

(Which some call the 3-feet-3-mile-3-week rule)

In short, it says, "you can't move your hive more than 2 feet, unless you move it more than 2 miles, for at least 2 weeks"

I find it absolutely mind-blowing that honeybees can fly MILES to find flowers, dance their way to telling the rest of the hive where the good flowers are … but get confused if the hive's more than 24 inches from where they left it.

Does the conversation between the bees go like this?

Betty: "I dunno, Sarah … it looks like our hive … but the hive was HERE – not 25 inches north."

Sarah: "You're right, Betty – that can't be our hive. Guess it's gone. Oh well. Let's just sit down and die."