A low-cost multi-modal sensor network for the monitoring of honeybee colonies/hives

Donald Howard; Olga Duran; Gordon Hunter

A low-cost multi-modal sensor network for the monitoring of honeybee colonies/hives

Donald Howard
, Olga Duran
, Gordon Hunter

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Abstract

Honeybees, which play an essential role as pollinators, have suffered a significant decline in recent years. Different types of sensors, including acoustic, chemical, vision, mass and temperature, can provide important information to assess their well-being. However, a multi-modal sensor system would need to be economical and affordable in order to be used on a large scale, including by less wealthy farmers or beekeepers. We present details of a low-cost sensor network system to allow the continuous monitoring of honeybee hives in a non-invasive manner, discussing its advantages relative to other existing systems for the same purpose, and initial results from the deployment of such a system in four hives.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Intelligent Environments 2018
Editors	Ioannis Chatzigiannakis, Yoshito Tobe, Paulo Novais, Oliver Amft
Place of Publication	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Publisher	IOS Press BV
Pages	69-78
ISBN (Print)	9781614998730
Publication status	Published - 2018

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Name	Ambient Intelligence and Smart Enviroments
Publisher	IOS Press BV
Number	23

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Note: Published version of Howard, Donald, Duran, Olga and Hunter, Gordon (2018) A low-cost multi-modal sensor network for the monitoring of honeybee colonies/hives. In 2nd International Workshop on Intelligent Systems for Agriculture Production and Environment Protection (ISAPEP'18) ; 25 - 26 Jun 2018, Rome, Italy.

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A low-cost multi-modal sensor network for the monitoring of honeybee colonies/hives. / Howard, Donald; Duran, Olga ; Hunter, Gordon.
Intelligent Environments 2018. ed. / Ioannis Chatzigiannakis; Yoshito Tobe; Paulo Novais; Oliver Amft. Amsterdam, Netherlands: IOS Press BV, 2018. p. 69-78 (Ambient Intelligence and Smart Enviroments; No. 23).

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