He said: "The process of training Bazz and developing the suit has been an attempt to find a better way of controlling American foulbrood disease.
"Detection and quarantine processes are essential to save our bees. I realized that Bazz was able to sniff out the disease, and save thousands of bees — but he didn't like being around them too much when he was getting stung.
"So I've tried to develop a suit the dog can wear and hopefully avoid being stung."
