Hi Ruth
> Do you know where and how scientists first got the idea to try
> and train honeybees, instead of dogs, to sniff explosives in
> mine-fields?
My information may not be correct, but I have heard several stories that
cite preferential occupancy by swarms, of empty dynamite boxes, in South
Africa as the source of the idea.
Regards & Best 73s, Dave Cushman, G8MZY
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