Pentagon trains bees to 'sniff out' bombs
Bomb-sniffing honey bees are being trained in the US as a new tool to fight terror attacks.
Pentagon scientists have succeeded in making hives ignore flowers and instead swarm around traces of explosives.
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Pentagon scientists have succeeded in making hives ignore flowers and instead swarm around traces of explosives.
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