Application of continuous monitoring of honeybee colonies

Monitoring physical variables associated with honeybee colonies, including weight, temperature, humidity, respiratory gases, vibration, sound, and forager traffic, in a continuous manner is becoming feasible for most researchers as the cost and size of electronic sensors decrease while their precisi...

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Published in:Apidologie 2015, Vol.46 (1), p.10-22
Main Authors: Meikle, W. G, Holst, N
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biomedical and Life Sciences
data collection
electronic sensing
Entomology
honey bee colonies
humidity
Life Sciences
monitoring
phenology
researchers
respiratory gases
Review Article
temperature
vibration
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Summary:Monitoring physical variables associated with honeybee colonies, including weight, temperature, humidity, respiratory gases, vibration, sound, and forager traffic, in a continuous manner is becoming feasible for most researchers as the cost and size of electronic sensors decrease while their precision and capacity increase. Researchers have taken different approaches to collecting and analyzing the resulting datasets, with a view toward extracting information on colony behavior and phenology. The objective of this review is to examine critically the different kinds of data and data analyses, providing researchers with better-informed options for obtaining information on colony phenology in the field without disturbing the hive, and for combining information from different kinds of sensors to obtain a more complete picture of colony status. Wireless sensor networks and powering sensors are briefly discussed.
ISSN:0044-8435
1297-9678
DOI:10.1007/s13592-014-0298-x