To solve crimes, detectives use honey bees

To solve crimes, detectives use honey bees

Updated on March 31, 2022 11:06 AM by Dhinesh

The importance of forensic science

George Mason University's Honey Bee Initiative could collaborate with the university's outdoor Forensic Science Research and Training Laboratory, leading to essential advancements in forensic science.At the Science and Technology Campus in Manassas, Virginia, workers from various fields are working cooperatively on an ambitious project to find out if the honey that bees produce after pollinating flowers can help locate missing people.

Challenge for the investigators in cases

As a former FBI profiler, Mary Ellen O'Toole, the head of Mason's Forensic Science Program and the program's core faculty member, says the program's primary goal is to solve cases. Crime scenes outside, especially those involving human remains, always challenge investigators.By analyzing proteins from bees in bee farms and the wild, bee research will allow researchers to substantiate that bee activity can lead investigators to human remains. Our new partners in crime-fighting are the bees in this case, and that's fantastic science."

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Honey bees, with the presence of chemicals

Bee honey contains biochemical and biographical information about the foods the bees ate. Before that data was used to detect chemical signatures in love, observers could determine what types of pesticides were being used within five miles of honey bee hives.The team of O'Toole and her colleagues suggest that volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emanating from decomposing humans may also be found in bee honey, enabling authorities to triangulate where missing human remains may be located.

Save your time in search of a person

Families could save thousands of hours searching for a missing person by using that capability and preventing more extended sorrow. They believe that if flowering plants near carcasses absorb the VOCs, the bees will feed on them and eventually deposit them in their honey.

Plants with the most visible fragrance

The plants planted in November are highly fragrant white and yellow blossoms that will provide scent near the places where human remains are to be displayed soon. It will take until spring before Nolan examines the first honey samples to plant more native plants.

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