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The bomb sniffing part is not news, but the last part of the article that mentions building the boxes to carry them presents an opportunity for beeks. I can't imagine what a MILSPEC bee box would cost. This also opens up the chance to breed a new line of sniffing bees, which would be preferable to just training mutts.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2006-11-28T131622Z_01_N27183026_RTRUKOC_0_US-BOMBS-BEES.xml&src=112806_0937_DOUBLEFEATURE_nato_n_afghanistan
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2006-11-28T131622Z_01_N27183026_RTRUKOC_0_US-BOMBS-BEES.xml&src=112806_0937_DOUBLEFEATURE_nato_n_afghanistan