News from the bees-finding-bombs front

BillingsGazette.com :: Some convinced insects could be used to detect bombs

Apparently DARPA is convinced bees can't find bombs, but Montana teams are convinced they can. I seem to recall the DARPA experiment failing - the bees just flew away, or something? I wonder why they're using lasers and not RF-tracking?

The article's more about pork-barrel politics than functionality, so who knows.