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Our work has attracted a lot of media attention. Many of the articles in popular magazines and on the web are incorrect. We are often "quoted" by reporters who haven't talked to us. We also found an article that quoted a man who claimed to have worked on our projects and who talked at great length about our work. However, we have never met this man, and don't know whether he exists.

The links listed on this page cover recent reports and some articles that we think captured our concept and mission. Some of these reports contain minor inaccuracies. In addition, we list stories that reflect what is happening with respect to beekeeping.

Can Honey Bees Assist in Area Reduction and Landmine Detection?
December 22, 2003
Journal of Mine Action

Bees key to Defense sting operations
September 26, 2003
Pentagram

UM seeks to formalize a licensing agreement with Bee Alert Technology (near bottom)
September 17, 2003
The Missoulian

Scientists find honey of a way to sniff out explosives
September 12, 2003
Las Vegas sun

'Bzzzz' Researchers seek to train honeybees to hunt land mines here
August 14, 2003
Guidon

Alternatives for Landmine Detection; Biological Systems (Part II) (PDF file)
2003
RAND

UM Scientists Working on Plan to Locate Land Mines with Bees
September 24, 2002
The Missoulian

Bees Learning Smell of Bombs with Backing from Pentagon
May 13, 2002
The New York Times

The Cyborg with the Mind of an Eel: Scientists Start to Fuse Tissue and Technology in Machines
April 17, 2001
The Washington Post

Bee Mine
April 19, 2000
Science a GoGo

The World of Dr. Frankenhive; Researcher Studies How Bees Regulate Hive Heat
February/March 2000
Research View; The University of Montana

A Beeline to Land Mines
Feb. 22, 2000
ABC News (AP)

Bees Scavenge Airborne Bacteria
Microbial Ecology (2000) 39:314-321

Honeybees Scavenge Airborne Bacteria from the Atmosphere (PDF file)
2000
Proceedings, First Joint Conference on Point Detection for Chemical and Biological Defense

Honeybees All The Buzz In Landmine Detection
Far West Bulletin - Millennium Issue 1999/2000

R&D: News of Science, Technology, and Medicine; Operation Sting
Discover Vol. 20 No. 8 (August 1999)

Honeybees All the Buzz in Landmine Detection
Fall 1999
Breakthroughs; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Sci/Tech: Making a Beeline for Mines
June 20, 1999
BBC News

Richland Lab Busy Working on Project to Use Bees in Land Mine Detection
April 29, 1999
Tri-City Herald

The Ultimate Sting: Bees the Buzz in Landmine Detection
April 28,1999
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Sandia, University of Montana Researchers Try Training Bees to Find Buried Landmines
April 27, 1999
Sandia National Laboratories News Releases

Can Bees Detect Landmines? Sandia Helps Montana Researcher Test au naturel Approach
April 23, 1999
Sandia LabNews

The Buzz on Environmental Monitoring (PDF file)
January 1999
Partners In Progress; EPA

RF Tagging of Insects--Honeybees for Land Mine Detection
1999
The Computing and Information Sciences 1999 Annual Reports; William R. Wiley Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Honeybees and Bluegills Used for Environmental Monitoring (PDF file)
October 1998
Tech Trends; EPA

Honeybees Scavenge Airborne Bacteria from the Atmosphere (PDF file)
14th Biometeorology & Aerobiology; American Meteorological Society

Chemical Buzz: Honeybees and Their Hives Act as Sensors For Pollution
May 24, 1997
Science News Online

"High-Tech" Bee Hives Provide Continuous Monitoring of Toxic Sites
November 1996
U.S. Water News Online

Real-Time Monitoring of Microbial Pest Control Agent Hazards

Pollinator Conservation Program
The Xerces Society

Animal Sentinels
Environmental News Network

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