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Imagineer
11-29-2006, 01:35 PM
This story caught my eye today.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/11/28/bombsniffing.bees.reut/index.html

I am picturing security guards at airports with boxes of bees. I wonder how well the bees would perform under field conditions for the military? Could this result in stinging criticism of working conditions?

BorgHunter
11-29-2006, 03:22 PM
This story caught my eye today.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/11/28/bombsniffing.bees.reut/index.html

I am picturing security guards at airports with boxes of bees. I wonder how well the bees would perform under field conditions for the military? Could this result in stinging criticism of working conditions?
The feeling of being secure from bombs while flying is as sweet as honey.

LionelHutz
11-29-2006, 10:12 PM
I am picturing security guards at airports with boxes of bees.

I'm picturing security bees swarming all over the planes.

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1115574/M/

Imagineer
11-30-2006, 01:25 AM
To bee or not to bee, that is the question.

rendova
11-30-2006, 08:48 AM
This story is creating quite a buzz in law enforcement circles.