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Collaborative project: Establishing digital indicators of bee vitality in agricultural landscapes. Subproject 4 (VIBee)
Project
Project code: 28RZ3IP095
Contract period: 20.03.2020
- 31.03.2023
Budget: 356,170 Euro
Purpose of research: Applied research
Keywords: animal health, landscape, landscape preservation, quality control, bees, sustainability, animal welfare, husbandry techniques
In this project digital tools will be implemented in the field, in order to improve practical beekeeping as well as the evaluation of plant protection products by independent contract research organizations. These digital tools including an electronic bee counting device, automated beehive scales and an user-based software, are going to support the deduction of suitable digital bee keeping practices. Vitality of bees includes among others the ability to tolerate diseases and plant protection products in order to perform pollination and honey production. The new vitality indicators allow an automated measuring and assessment of bee vitality. Such vitality indicators shall be used by beekeepers to recognize vitality disturbances in their hives at an early stage, understanding the reasons for that and taking countermeasures. Contract research institutes could use the tools and vitality indicators to increase their efficiency and accuracy during their field trials. Regulatory authorities could include the vitality indicators to restate their safety goals as well as risk assessment and compensatory measures. Through a specific reference on the landscape, different cultivation methods can be assessed from the bee vitality perspective, as well as pollination performance. The digital tools including an electronic bee-flight activity counting device, automated bee scales and userfriendly software are going to support the dissemination of adequate bee-keeping practices. The application of the mentioned digital tools will be assured by a contract bee-research organization which develops and provides an innovative service for their clients. Another organization is going to assess the feasibilty of these services. Federal state institutes for beekeeping assuring the connection and knowledgetransfer to the beekeepers. The development of digital vitality indicators for honey bees will be implemented in a joint project with 10 partners as follows: beehives will be observed continio
Section overview
Subjects
- Crop Protection
- Beekeeping and health
- Computer science
Funding programme
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Associated projects: VIBee
- Collaborative project: Establishing digital indicators of bee vitality in agricultural landscapes. Subproject 7
- Collaborative project: Establishing digital indicators of bee vitality in agricultural landscapes. Subproject 6
- Collaborative project: Establishing digital indicators of bee vitality in agricultural landscapes. Subproject 5
- Collaborative project: Establishing digital indicators of bee vitality in agricultural landscapes. Subproject 3
- Collaborative project: Establishing digital indicators of bee vitality in agricultural landscapes. Subproject 2
- Collaborative project: Establishing digital indicators of bee vitality in agricultural landscapes. Subproject 1
- Collaborative project: Establishing digital indicators of bee vitality in agricultural landscapes. Subproject 8
- Collaborative project: Establishing digital indicators of bee vitality in agricultural landscapes. Subproject 9
