University of Queensland researcher Doctor Judith Reinhard says the tests are carried out by blowing different scents over the bees and measuring how they react.
Doctor Reinhard says a bees' sense of smell is so precise it can distinguish between hundreds of different aromas.
She says the research will define how the CSIRO builds an electronic nose. "The plan that CSIRO has is to design a specially sensitive electronic noses which you can hold over a wine bottle and tell what kind of chemicals are in the wine and if it's going to be a good wine or a bad wine," he said.
