Scientists train honeybees to detect explosives

Multimedia · Fri Mar 21 00:00:00 EDT 2008

OSTI ID:987710

Members of the Los Alamos National Laboratory Stealthy Insect Sensor Project team have been able to harness the honeybee's exceptional olfactory sense by using the bees' natural reaction to nectar, a proboscis extension reflex (sticking out their tongue)

• OSTI ID: 987710
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
LOS ALAMOS
BEES
EXPLOSIVES
DETECTION
BOMBS
NATIONAL
SECURITY