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  • From: Randall Austin <s.randall.austin AT gmail.com>
  • To: urns84537 AT mypacks.net
  • Cc: myb AT charter.net, person_county_beekeepers_association AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [PCBA] Sniffing Bees
  • Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:02:31 -0400

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-----
From: myb AT charter.net
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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