Scanning & analysing individual bee (<em>Apis mellifera</em> L.) behavior using RFID
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5073/jka.2012.437.026Abstract
A complete system to make real-time flight entrance observations possible is described. The system consists of:- RFID reader covering the flight entrance of a colony in a standard hive (25 cm wide). Each passing tagged bee is detected. ID, day, time is stored in the database and shown via the webinterface.
- ApiScan covering the same entrance width; giving in and out flight-activity on an individual basis.
- Camera allowing a permanent remote observation and registration of behavior at the flight entrance.
- Weather station registering air temperature, air humidity, wind velocity and direction, rain.
The equipment and the data storage allows an in-depth analysis of the flight behavior of the worker bees during the measuring period or the lifespan of a worker bee.
Keywords: honeybee, RFID tags, foraging behavior, automatic monitoring
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2012-10-02
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III. Test methodology - laboratory, semi field, field, etc.
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