[Jaysun]

"Bees are not reliable enough for military tactical use at this point," the agency said in a statement this week. "We see no clear pathway to make them reliable enough to make it worth risking the lives of our service men and women."

This is neat but it's seems impractical from the get go. I mean how does someone get the bee to communicate back to them without putting themselves in the way of harm? Are the bees trained like falcons to leave and return to a certain person, and then stick out their tongues? Can they fit them with little camera collars?

[lepton]

Are the bees trained like falcons to leave and return to a certain person, and then stick out their tongues? Can they fit them with little camera collars?

Maybe fit them with Tongue Detection Units, or TDUs.

[bert]

Bees become quite comfortable and tolerant of their keeper.

If treated gently and not threatened they get along well.

They will even tolerate a jarring event if not common.

The problem with this study is that no effort was made to actually communicate at bee level. They can and do communicate and sticking out proboscis is a Pavlovian response rather than actual communication. Knowing bees can detect explosives should induce study to learn how the massage can be communicated at a higher, more detailed level.

[bert]

Bees become quite comfortable and tolerant of their keeper.

If treated gently and not threatened they get along well.

They will even tolerate a jarring event if not common.

The problem with this study is that no effort was made to actually communicate at bee level. They can and do communicate and sticking out proboscis is a Pavlovian response rather than actual communication. Knowing bees can detect explosives should induce study to learn how the massage can be communicated at a higher, more detailed level.