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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mike Householder

Former K-9 Maple is busy as a bee sniffing out threats to Michigan State University colonies

Researchers at a Michigan State University facility dedicated to protecting honey bees are enlisting a four-legged ally to sniff out danger to the prized pollinators.

The Pollinator Performance Center’s wide range of projects includes developing a training program for dogs to use their sensitive noses to uncover a bacterial disease called American foulbrood that threatens honey bee larvae.

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