Does bitwise operation on boolean datatypes work like logical operation ?

Question

Does bitwise operation on boolean datatypes work like logical operation ?
For example, in the following code, how is each bitwise operation (say) 'b1 & b2' evaluated ?
1) by converting the values of b1 (true) and b2 (false) to binary and doing '&' on them OR
2) just treating it as a logical operation (i.e. similar to &&) where both have to be equal to be true
Also, does the outcome of the if condition need to result in a 'true' or 'false' for the relevant message to print ? ....... Just fyi, I tried out this program and it goes to condition 2 but I do not understand why.
class SSBool {
public static void main(String[] args) {
boolean b1 = true;
boolean b2 = false;
boolean b3 = true;
if (b1 & b2 | b2 & b3 | b2)
System.out.println ("condition 1");
if (b1 & b2 | b2 & b3 | b2 | b1)
System.out.println ("condition 2");
Thank you,
AG

Answer 1

The Java Tutorial (always my first stop if I need an answer) says :
"When both operands are boolean, the operator & performs the same operation as &&."
That your program goes to condition 2 is obvious because the last test in the if-clause if (b1 & b2 | b2 & b3 | b2 | b1) looks at b1 which is true...