Is it Cruel to Use Bees as Digital Sensors?

Honey bees are more than just pollen collectors! With a sense of smell on par with dogs, honey bees can be trained to detect any smell, like explosives. But how these bees are trained to detect explosives, what their advantage is over sniffer dogs, and how other animals have been trained to perform unbelievable tasks for the armed forces, is #NotWhatYouThink #NWYT #long

Music:
Gone Without A Trace 2 - Fredrik Ekstrom
Thyone - Ben Elson
I Can See Better From Here - Jay Varton
Serious Development - Blackout Memories
Santosha - Van Sandano
Lethal Secrets - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
Human Missile - Craft Case
Human Missile - Craft Case
Cloak - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen

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[NotWhatYouThink]

What was the most interesting part of the video?
Do you know of any other animals that have been trained to do cool things?

[gigilaco]

Imagine those bees making it back to the hive and trying to explain where they’ve been for the past few days

[washingtondc]

As a EOD Technician, these bee's are over qualified. I cannot smell bombs like them.

[brotifypacha]

Those bees better form a union. The work conditions are non-human.

[vantretiredargumentativedu]

Man made horrors beyond bee comprehention

[dongmartin]

This must be wild for the bees to experience.

A bee harness exists, guys.

[alby_alby]

When he said loading the bees is a tedious task for technicians I was half expecting him to say that is why they use the interns instead

[ChickenVeggi]

That’s why there is a decline in the bee population. They have been drafted into the military

[sarahgreenberg]

They look like little office workers 😭

[fearthehoneybadger]

They had to work out a lot of bugs in that system.

[rockhouse]

Out of anything to come out of the 21st century I did not expect bee powered scanners to be one of them.

[Kurbante]

The most amazing part is the Bee's experience is how we depict Aliens will treat us in movies(if not worse) Protect the Bees at all cost.

[greenrabbit]

"Dudes I just got abducted by aliens!"
"Stop it already Tony, there is no such thing!"
Tony :

[tabby]

I think these bees should be lucky to be getting in while the requirements are low, in 4 or 5 years it's gonna be "7+ years PER experience, 8+ years of relevant field work, 7+ years python, Masters, high fluency in conversational English" for an entry level position

[rocklobster]

The idea of a pigeon guiding a cruise missel to a warship for some seeds has me lmao 😂

[andycopeland]

"A cartridge of bees" is an absurd term. I like it

[dindnt]

"Hold on let me just reload my bee mags"😂

[Kaizer]

One of the most useful organisms, please don't let them go extinct.

[Fantastic_Mr_Fox]

every time he says "the bees purr" it makes me smile

[TheAlchaemist]

Something I learnt from this video, if your kid is hyperactive, store it in a fridge for a few hours. Great tip! Thanks!