<p>Scientists in the Netherlands have trained bees to identify the coronavirus in an inventive and speedy new way to detect the deadly disease that has killed millions across the world.</p>
<p>A group of Dutch scientists at Wageningen University in Lelystad, Netherlands, trained bees to extend their tongues when they smell the coronavirus, the researchers <a href="https://www.wur.nl/en/news-wur/Show/Training-bees-to-smell-the-coronavirus.htm">said</a> in a press release.</p>
<p>&#8220;Each time the bees were exposed to the scent from an infected sample, they received a sugar water solution reward,&#8221; the group wrote. &#8220;The bees extended their tongues to collect the sugar water solution. By repeating this action several times, the bees associated the sugar reward with the scent as the stimulus.&#8221;</p>
<p>Eventually, the bees began sticking out their tongues, called proboscises, when exposed to the coronavirus even when they did not receive a reward, the researchers said.</p>
<p>The bees used in the research were regular honeybees from a beekeeper and were placed in harnesses for the experiment.</p>
<p>&#8220;A trained bee can detect an infected sample within a few seconds,&#8221; the group wrote. Most currently available coronavirus tests take much longer, even hours or days, to obtain a result.</p>
<p>The scientists performed the research with more than 150 bees at Wageningen Bioveterinary Research&#8217;s biosafety laboratory. They first used samples from minks infected with the coronavirus and later moved on to training bees to recognize the virus in human samples.</p>
<p>The researchers expressed optimism that people across the globe could use their bee method of detecting the coronavirus. The results of the research have not yet been published or peer-reviewed, however.</p>
<p>&#8220;Bees are globally accessible, so the only thing people need is a machine to be able to train bees,&#8221; they wrote.</p>
<p>The scientists said they have already developed a prototype of a machine called &#8220;BeeSense&#8221; that can automatically train multiple bees at once and then deploy the trained bees for diagnosis. They argued that the machine would be useful for &#8220;low-income countries that face challenges in accessing infrastructure and high-tech technologies.&#8221;</p>
<p>Wim van der Poel, a Wageningen University professor, said they believe the bee coronavirus tests will have a 95 percent accuracy rate if multiple bees use their finely-tuned olfactory senses to sniff the samples.</p>
<p>“Our first goal was to demonstrate that we could train bees to do this, and that’s where we succeeded,” he <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2021/05/07/covid-bee-testing/">said</a>. “And now we are calculating, and we are continuing the work to see how sensitive the method is.”</p>
<p>However, Dirk de Graaf, a professor who studies bees at Ghent University in Belgium, cautioned not to expect the intriguing new testing method to replace conventional coronavirus testing any time soon.</p>
<p>&#8220;It is a good idea, but I would prefer to carry out tests using the classic diagnostic tools rather than using honeybees for this. I am a huge bee lover, but I would use the bees for other purposes than detecting COVID-19,&#8221; de Graaf <a href="https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/oddly-enough/bees-netherlands-trained-detect-covid-19-infections-2021-05-06/#:~:text=Oddly%20EnoughBees%20in%20the%20Netherlands%20trained%20to%20detect%20COVID%2D19%20infections&amp;text=Dutch%20researchers%20have%20trained%20bees,test%20results%20to%20just%20seconds">told</a> Reuters.</p>

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