Honey bees trained to detect illegal drugs

[wendy]

Bees, they make a buzzing sound, produce honey, and can sting you if they feel threatened.

But that's not all they can do it seems.

Researchers at the University of Cologne have successfully trained honey bees to tell the difference between heroin and cocaine.

They claim the insects could eventually replace sniffer-dogs at airports. Impressive, but Newsbeat wondered what else bees could do.

Thomas Nowotny is Professor of Informatics at the University Of Sussex, and really knows his bees.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/3 ... egal-drugs

[annie]

Amazing

[Rosalind]

23m

[JaneJ]

Unbelievable