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U.S. scientists say trained bees can sniff bombs -- Staff  -- Reuters  -- November 27, 2006
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Scientists at a U.S. weapons laboratory say they have trained bees to sniff out explosives in a project they say could have far-reaching applications for U.S. homeland security and the Iraq war.

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Computer Vision System Automates Analysis of Bee Activity for Insight into Biologically Inspired Robot Design -- Staff  -- Georgia Research Tech News  -- December 9, 2003
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A new computer vision system for automated analysis of animal movement -- honey bee activities, in particular -- is expected to accelerate animal behavior research, which also has implications for biologically inspired design of robots and computers.

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Bees Learning Smell of Bombs With Backing From Pentagon -- Andrew C. Revkin  -- New York Times  -- May 13, 2002
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Scientists working for the Pentagon have trained ordinary honeybees to ignore flowers and home in on minute traces of explosives, a preliminary step toward creating a buzzing, swarming detection system that could be used to find truck bombs, land mines and other hidden explosives.

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