We hear from mathematicians that bees have practically solved a recondite problem.

我们听到数学家说，蜜蜂已实际解决了一个深奥的数学问题。

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As a non-mathematician, he appreciates the difficulty of explaining a recondite mathematical problem to a general audience, and gives a vivid account both of the passion that mathematicians have for their subject and of the fascination for this particular problem.

ECONOMIST: Mathematics