...little tiny license plates for bees...Larry Niven, A World Out of Time
(1973)
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/nov2001/nf2001115_8187.htm
<<All mine-clearing activity in the country has been suspended since Sept.
12, according to the U.N. Mine Action Program. And when those efforts resume,
research now being conducted by the Defense Dept.'s Advanced Research
Projects Agency (DARPA) could come in handy. Among a number of related
projects, DARPA is sponsoring a three-year study at the University of Montana
to determine if honeybees tagged with tiny radio packs can be used to detect
land mines. >>
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