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===Honey bees===

{{see also|Hymenoptera training}}

This approach couples trained [[honey bee]]s with [[Computer vision|advanced video computer software]] to monitor the bee for the strategic reaction. Trained bees serve for 2 days, after which they are returned to their hive. This proven system is not yet commercially available. Biotechnology firm [[Inscentinel]] claims that bees are more effective than sniffer dogs.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6972526.stm|title= Hot picks: UK tech start-ups |date= 2007-09-05 |publisher= BBC|access-date= 2008-03-06|archive-date= 2012-07-13|archive-url= https://archive.today/20120713165835/http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6972526.stm|url-status= dead}}</ref>

===Mechanical scent detection===