Professor Kezic from Zagreb University in Croatia is training the bees so they will find hidden landmines.

Land mines are a huge problem in Croatia. From the wars in the 90s, more than two hundred thousand mines are still burried. Children get killed when they go to school, adults loose legs when jogging …

Bees will be a really cheap way to discover hidden mines. They can be trained to asociate TNT with food. The infrared camera follows them and if there is TNT, bees detect it. They gather around the landmine and show the profesionals where to dig.

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