Bugün öğrendim ki: arıların akciğer ve cilt kanserlerini, diyabeti tespit edebilme ve hamileliği teyit edebilme dahil olmak üzere 60'tan fazla farklı kokuyu algıladığı ve tepki verdiği gösterilmiştir.

[![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Honeybee-27527-1.jpg/220px- Honeybee-27527-1.jpg)](/wiki/File:Honeybee- 27527-1.jpg) The Italian bee has been used for pollination for over 150 years. **Sniffer bees** or **sniffer wasps** are [insects](/wiki/Insect "Insect") in the [order](/wiki/Order_\(biology\) "Order \(biology\)") [Hymenoptera](/wiki/Hymenoptera "Hymenoptera") that can be trained to perform a variety of tasks to detect substances such as [explosive materials](/wiki/Explosive_material "Explosive material") or [illegal drugs](/wiki/ Illegal_drug_trade "Illegal drug trade"), as well as some human and plant [diseases](/wiki/Disease "Disease"). The sensitivity of the [olfactory](/wiki/Olfaction "Olfaction") senses of [bees](/wiki/Bee "Bee") and [wasps](/wiki/Wasp "Wasp") in particular have been shown to rival the abilities of [sniffer dogs](/wiki/Sniffer_dog "Sniffer dog"), though they can only be trained to detect a single scent each.