bin ❤

Förutom att vara en positiv externalitet (genom att sprida pollen då de gör sin honung), kan bin lukta om man har cancer eller andra farliga sjukdomar???

källa: http://porquepuedopuedes.tumblr.com/post/67854905846/fernwah-rasputin-portuguese-designer-susana

"Portugese designer Susana Soares has developed a device for detecting cancer and other diseases using trained bees. The bees are placed in a glass chamber into which the patient exhales; the bees flies into a smaller secondary chamber if they detect cancer.

Scientists have found that honey bees - apis mellifera - have an extraordinary sense of smell that is more acute than that of a sniffer dog and can detect airbone molecules in the parts-per-trillion range. Bees can be trained to detect specific chemical odours, including the biomarkers associated with diseases such as tuberculosis, lung, skin and pancreatic cancer."

Nästa: tullen börjar använda bin för att lukta knark och grejer.