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  • From: myb AT charter.net
  • To: person_county_beekeepers_association AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [PCBA] Sniffing Bees
  • Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:18:04 -0400 (EDT)


Read this in an article on ways to stop bombing...interesting...have a great day...
Mac


Sniffer bees: Under a government contract, British researchers have developed a portable handheld sensor that holds 36 honeybees taught with food rewards to recognize the odors associated with a range of explosives, like Semtex, C4, and gunpowder. The sensor draws in air from whatever is being examined and passes it over the bees. If the sample has a substance that the bees are trained to detect, they stick out their proboscises in expectation of food—and a display on the device captures their reaction. The bees can be trained in minutes, say the researchers, and their sensitivity is comparable to that of sniffer dogs.




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