Scientists have discovered that honey bees and wasps have an excellent sense of smell which is better than a sniffer dog and can be trained to perform a variety of tasks. Bees in particular can detect airborne molecules in the parts-per-trillion range. Trained bees and wasps can detect substances such as explosive materials, illegal drugs, as well as some human and plant ... Continue Reading
What (and Who) is Killing The Honey Bees?
We seem to be in an age of discovery... of a different sort. More and more we’re finding that much of our human ingenuity employed to control and “enhance” nature during recent generations has lacked foresight and is reaping unforeseeable, unimaginable consequences. Who would have thought that spraying pesticides, herbicides and fungicides in order to secure a greater harvest ... Continue Reading