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Jimy Dee

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Thought you all might be interested in this one !

This may sound like a joke, but bees are being trained to detect undiagnosed diabetes. A pair of researchers have figured out a way to get bees to stick out their tongues when they detect acetone in the breath, a sign of high blood sugar, according to a report in the “Commonhealth” blog of WBUR. The bees are fitted with small harnesses and put into a portable box with a straw; individuals breathe into the straw to see if they have the condition. Researchers hope this strategy, which is currently 70% accurate, can soon be utilized to uncover diabetes in people living in countries with poor primary care infrastructure…and great bee supplies.

Relevant link -
http://commonhealth.wbur.org/2014/08/lets-explore-diabetes-with-honeybees
 
Just more of the symbiotic relationship that man shares with these wonderful insects ... with their hypersenses there must be many things that they can sense before ever we have an inkling ... there are those of us that already believe in the bees ability to read our minds - and then do the absolute opposite of what we were thinking !
 
Thought you all might be interested in this one !

This may sound like a joke, but bees are being trained to detect undiagnosed diabetes. A pair of researchers have figured out a way to get bees to stick out their tongues when they detect acetone in the breath, a sign of high blood sugar, according to a report in the “Commonhealth” blog of WBUR. The bees are fitted with small harnesses and put into a portable box with a straw; individuals breathe into the straw to see if they have the condition. Researchers hope this strategy, which is currently 70% accurate, can soon be utilized to uncover diabetes in people living in countries with poor primary care infrastructure…and great bee supplies.

Relevant link -
http://commonhealth.wbur.org/2014/08/lets-explore-diabetes-with-honeybees

They are doing the same with explosives 'detectors' and other things that the antenna can pick up! Pavlov's dogs spring to mind!
 

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