Bees? Bees?!

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I swear this was an X-files episode!

Bees trained to sniff out bombs, researchers sayStealthy Insect Sensor Project trains bees to act as if sensing nectar around explosives
Last Updated: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 | 10:29 AM ET
CBC News

Scientists at a U.S. military research facility have developed a method of training honeybees to sniff out

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[scottincalgary]

Now, if they can just train Asian giant hornets (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_giant_hornet) to not only sniff out but attack people wearing explosives, then the US military can make a speedy exit from Iraq. I can just imagine a squad of soldiers coming across a bomb making factory. I'd like to think they'd provide the occupants the courtesy of a warning - something like "Hey Jihadists, just a head's up; you're about to have the worst day of your life" - before firing the, soon to be dreaded, hornet grenade through a window.

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"Justice stings!"