article_snippet: In 2013, a team of scientists trained bees to sniff out explosives.
article_snippet: (pictured) Bomble bees:  were trained by exposing (pictured) Bomble bees:  to the scent that was detected while dangling a sugary drink in front of (pictured) Bomble bees: .
article_snippet: The insects, which stick out (pictured) Bomble bees:  tongues to get the sweet treat, quickly learned to associate the smell of the explosive or chemical with food.
article_snippet: Sniffer bees' have also been reared to detect landmines in the Balkans.
article_snippet: Sniffer bees', will search out mines left by soldiers in the 1990s.