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Re: Question
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Dave Cushman <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 2 Mar 2006 16:59:27 +0000
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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.


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