Podcast: Canines that odor bees


Season 1 Episode 8: About Bees, Tradition & Interest Podcast – Canines That Scent Bees

We communicate to Rose-Anne Bouffard, a bee fanatic who trains canine to search out and rescue wayward bumblebee nests and to find colonies with American Foulbrood (AFB). 

Canine breeds and their superb smell sensitivity are mentioned. Bloodhounds are perfect for sniffing out bumblebee nests and honeybee illnesses, however that’s now not what Rose makes use of. People have 5 million smell receptors and will odor AFB, however canine have 300 million receptors. Canines additionally use their floppy ears to fan the flames of scents. The bee-rescuing canine had been skilled via find-reward-repeat periods. We speak about coaching a monitoring canine to search out AFB and the large financial price that brings.

Speaking about stings, Rose reveals that controlling her breath and going right into a meditative state when operating round bees is very important. With out the right kind mindset, it appears Preparation H is helping with the bee stings you are going to get.

The questions of bee awareness and a bees’ talent to sense ache arise. We agree that bees most likely really feel ache.

After all, there’s a giant shout out to Alberta Local Bee Council, the Suzuki Butterflyway Mission, iNaturalist, and the urgency for motion. Rose’s bee and canine tasks are on the lookout for collaborators so take a look at her site to discover ways to get entangled!

Rose’s site cope with for Canines To find Bees is https://dogsfindbees.com/   Let’s move!

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About Ron Miksha

Ron Miksha is a bee ecologist operating on the College of Calgary. He’s additionally a geophysicist and does slightly of science writing and running a blog. Ron has labored as a radio broadcaster, a beekeeper, and Earth scientist. (Ask him about seismic waves.) He is based totally in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

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