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[Randall Austin <s.randall.austin AT gmail.com>]

Jerry Bromenshenk and his colleagues at the University of Montana, all 
in the good ol' US of A, have been researching & developing this 
technology for a while, although I hadn't heard of a hand-held version 
until Mac's post. An old article about what Bromenshenk has been doing 
is here:
http://maic.jmu.edu/journal/7.3/focus/bromenshenk/bromenshenk.htm

What will they think of next???

Randall Austin

On 4/24/2013 1:25 PM, urns84537 AT mypacks.net wrote:
> Thanks ever so much for sharing.  All I have to say is who else but the Brits 
> would think of something this brilliant!  Go Bees!!!
>
> Elisabeth McCay
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> > Sent: Apr 24, 2013 8:18 AM
> > To: person_county_beekeepers_association AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > Subject: [PCBA] Sniffing Bees
> >
> >
> > 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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