Posted on 05/30/2007 7:57:24 PM PDT by Flavius
A new technique to help find unexploded landmines using honey bees is being developed at Zagreb University in Croatia.
"We started this because our citizens are exposed to serious risks with mines," explains Professor Nikola Kezic, as honey bees buzz around his head.
"Luckily we also have a long tradition of keeping bees and making honey. Our solution makes use of what we have."
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
Maybe this is where all those missing bees have gone. Been drafted in the Croatian army.
1st Honeybee Division (airmobile).
armed with stinger missiles
Cool. Bump for later reading. Looks like some interesting humor as well.
or...these bees can be given another mission - to sniff out our missing american bees.
Go forth, bees, and find our missing bees!
... or the SeaBees...
“Captain, this mission is two dangerous for one lone bee. We need to send at least two on this one.”
“Hmm. Two bees, or not two bees....”
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