Bees 'trained to detect virus infections'

By Bart Biesemans
Updated May 7 2021 - 3:19am, first published 3:14am
Researchers say trained bees will extend their tongues as a positive COVID-19 test result.
Researchers say trained bees will extend their tongues as a positive COVID-19 test result.

Dutch researchers have trained bees, which have an unusually keen sense of smell, to identify samples infected with COVID-19 in a finding they say could cut waiting times for test results to just seconds.

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