Ep 1: These Bees are the Bomb!

On this first episode of BewilderBeasts we explore why farmers are painting eyeballs on cow butts, and we do a deep dive on honeybees who are trained to find buried land mines in Croatia. Let’s go!

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Today's Information is from:

https://gizmodo.com/croatian-bees-are-being-trained-to-hunt-down-deadly-lan-508877457

https://www.army-technology.com/features/feature-bomb-sniffing-bees-sting-out-of-landmines/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian_War_of_Independence

https://animals.howstuffworks.com/insects/bees-can-be-trained.htm

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/world/police-abuzz-over-plan-for-sniffer-bees-5wz0pvvb2

https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-020-01156-0

 https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/ologies/e/53768998

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