This Dog’s Nose Saves Bees | National Geographic

is it over here how about over here here
how about over here it’s there are you
sure it’s that one
are you sure even in a small amount of
disease in a bee colony clinkers going
to detect that long before a human would
ever detected Klinker inspects these for
the odor of American factory it’s a very
contagious disease that bees get clinker
is the only certified dog in the
continental United States probably
Alaska and Hawaii that is certified to
detect American foul brews okay
gaze over a good working dog has to have
a little bit of home time a little bit
of downtime a little bit of playtime she
enjoys her downtime around the house
being just a household pet you thought
was stupid too weak is it a stupid toy
are you gonna get stupid with me but she
enjoys the time when she gets to go work
okay okay good American foul brood is a
bacterial disease of the brood not the
adult bees the disease leaves behind a
very contagious spore that infects all
the combs all the wooden wear any
equipment that comes in contact with
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American foul brood has been around
seemingly forever Maryland state law as
with most state laws is that they burn
those colonies so from an economical
standpoint commercially you want to keep
that American foul brood under wraps and
keep a close watch on that the Maryland
Department of Agriculture has had a dog
program since 82
we know the effectiveness of it we
certainly are going to try to employ
more dogs throughout the state to help
us be more efficient gonna burn next be
yard okay good girl good job good job
clay good job yeah you did good girl
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