Meet Maple: Former K-9 now beekeeper

  • Maple wears a custom-made beekeeping suit when she works to sniff out potential bacteria in honeybee hives. G.L. KOHUTH/MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
    Maple wears a custom-made beekeeping suit when she works to sniff out potential bacteria in honeybee hives. G.L. KOHUTH/MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
    LANSINGMeet former K-9 Maple. She made a big career switch earlier this year – from a human remains detection dog to a beekeeper at Michigan State University’s Pollinator Performance Center.The friendly brown-andwhite dog, with a long tongue that hangs out of her mouth, dons her own beekeeping suit and uses her powerful nose to sniff out danger.“She i...

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