Release the bees!

Here’s an odd piece of news:

Scientists at a U.S. military research facility have developed a method of training honeybees to sniff out explosives, an advancement they say will protect troops and citizens at home and abroad. Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico said on Monday they have trained the bees to act as if sensing nectar when exposed to vapours from TNT, C4 and other explosives and propellants.

This is like a Jack Handy “Deep Thoughts” just begging to be written:

“When you suspect there’s a bomb nearby, one thing you could do is unleash a swarm of bomb-sniffing bees. When you’re in a volatile situation, nothing calms everybody down like loyal, predictable bees.”

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