Scientists Are Testing if Honey Bees Can Locate Human Bodies

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Forensic Scientists Are Testing Whether Honey Bees Can Help Locate Human Bodies | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine

Researchers think they can find evidence of volatile organic compounds from a decomposing body in honey

Forensic scientists may soon have millions of tiny crime scene investigators helping recover bodies of missing persons: honey bees. Researchers at George Mason University are designing an experiment to test whether honey collected from bees foraging near human corpses will contain evidence of those remains.
 

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