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They can sense the electric fields of flowers.
Electroreception helps bees figure out which flowers have already been raided for their nectar, so they can target the ones that have plenty left. Oh and did you also know flowers have electric fields?!
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They withstand forces 30 times greater than gravity as they shake flowers to get pollen out.
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They can sniff out landmines.
Researchers in Croatia trained a team of honey bees to sniff out landmines by making them associate the smell of TNT with sugar (poor bees). Their super sniffing power means they can detect odours from up to 4.5km away.
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And they've been known to work as "biodetectives", keeping tabs on pollution at German airports.
Honey made from bees that patroll Düsseldorf International Airport, as well as 7 others, is used to test for things like hydrocarbons and heavy metals in the air.
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