Barking Up The Wrong Tree

Dogs to Rescue Bumblebees

Well you’ve heard of dogs being trained to sniff out drugs and find people, and now they’re being used to help track where all the bumblebees have gone!

Toby the springer spaniel was trained in Melton Mowbray to sniff out bees nests.  It has been causing concern for many environmentalists that the bumblebee seems to have been gradually disappearing in recent years and so it is important to find out what is going on.  Their nests are hard to find because they are usually hidden deep in undergrowth so dogs can help to find them.  I hope he doesn’t get his nose stung!

Toby was abandoned as a puppy and has now been trained to help find bees.  It isn’t that unusual, because badgers also hunt bees using smell.