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Tour promotes higher education in Montana

September 13, 2006 /

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Bear Paw Development Corporation is a private non-profit organization created for the purpose of administering programs to help improve regional economic conditions in Hill, Blaine, Liberty, Chouteau and Phillips Counties and the Fort Belknap and Rocky Boy's Indian Reservations.

Helena-area high school students got a taste of university life Tuesday, when a handful of professors from the University of Montana taught at Capital High and Helena High schools.

In Sandy Wardell’s science classes at HHS, students were treated to a presentation on bees by UM chemistry professor Garon Smith, who is conducting research on the insects.

Smith told the students how honey bees are being used to detect the presence of landmines, explosives and drug labs, Wardell said.

By ALANA LISTOE – IR Staff Writer

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