Bees Help Track Criminals


Unless you're talking about killer bees,
it's hard to imagine a situation
in which 「killers」 and 「bees」 would be related.
But it turns out that scientists are using the same mathematical model
to describe the behavior of both bumblebees and human serial killers. 

 

The method, called geographic profiling, was developed by a detective
who was trying to predict where serial killers might live
based on where they commit their crimes.
Believe it or not, murderers operate fairly close to home.
But not too close.
They maintain a kind of kill-free 「buffer zone」 around their actual digs.


A similar pattern of activity seems to hold true for bumblebees
—when they're foraging for food.
Bees tend to avoid stopping at flowers too close to home,
perhaps to reduce the risk of drawing predators,
parasites or nosy scientists to the nest.
And working with the former detective,
scientists in the U.K. found that geographic profiling allowed them
to locate the entrance to a hive based on mapping which flowers the bees visit.
The results appear online in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface.
Repeating such experiments,
with bees or other foraging critters,
could help hone the model for catching criminals.


 


bumblebee n.大黃蜂2


bumble


有   1.v.笨拙地犯錯誤 =bungle or blunder


還有2.v.發出像蜜蜂一樣的聲音


 


   


 


 


critter n.【口】異常動物 (是creature的變形)




大意:科學家想用數學模式研究大黃蜂的行為


以用來預測、追蹤連續殺人犯的行為


 


 


 


 


 


 


 



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