Bees and COVID 19
Honeybees have incredibly sensitive olfactory systems, used in the wild to detect nectar in plants that might be in very small amounts and quite far away. Scientists (and sometimes artists) have used this ability to diagnose diseases. This new work in the Netherlands uses a standard Pavlovian method to train bees, which turn out to be more easily taught tricks than one might think. Bees in the experiment were given a sugar solution reward for detecting COVID-19, in this case a sample on a q-tip, drawn from COVID-19-infected mink. The bees would extend their tongues to receive the reward; with enough practice, they'd extend their tongues when…
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- ISBN: 978-620-4-20391-1
- EAN: 9786204203911
- Produktnummer: 37682401
- Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 172 S.
- Masse: H22.0 cm x B15.0 cm x D1.0 cm 274 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 274
Über den Autor
Prof. Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Raheem Ali Abdel-Raheem, Professor of Entomology (Biological Control), Pests & Plant Protection Department, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt. Published 131 publications, reviewer in 67 international journals, reviewed 210 articles on Biological Control, Editor in Chief in 10 journals, Editorial board in 12 journals.
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