Mike Stoops asked:
> > In other words, what [Wenner's group] had stumbled onto during
>the 1960s, von Frisch had already known back in the late 1930s and
>early 1940s. The
> > use of odor alone suffices to explain honey bee recruitment to food
>> sources.
>
>Is this the method investigators have been using to utilize honey bees to
>sniff out explosive material (i.e. land mines) in military situations?
That is correct.
Adrian
--
Adrian M. Wenner (805) 963-8508 (home office phone)
967 Garcia Road [log in to unmask]
Santa Barbara, CA 93103 www.beesource.com/pov/wenner/index.htm
*****************************************************
*
* "We not only believe what we see:
* to some extent we see what we believe."
*
* Richard Gregory (1970)
*
*****************************************************
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
-- Visit www.honeybeeworld.com/BEE-L for rules, FAQ and other info ---
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::