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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.
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.