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Collaborative project: Development of connected intelligent sensors for more vital bees - subproject B (Biene4.0)
Project
Project code: 281C305B19
Contract period: 01.03.2021
- 29.02.2024
Budget: 85,045 Euro
Purpose of research: Applied research
Keywords: monitoring, precision farming, start-up, bees, animal husbandry, prevention
Beekeeping should become easier, cheaper and more bee-friendly, leading to more pollinating insects. Digital networked sensors, like a smart baby monitor with a fever thermometer (sound and temperature measurement), help to assess the health of bees from a distance. A data hub integrates weather data from the area around the bees to assess their location. Food shortages in winter, brood status, flight activity or swarming acts can be detected. Tests were carried out in standard magazine hives and a hive format suitable for beekeeping newcomers, the 'Meter-biene', was derived and studied for 21 very small frames. Training courses were prepared for digitisation in the hive. The project content makes the courses at Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences more attractive. The Biene40 project is also making much of the collected (sound) data available to other research groups, as well as key findings on which sensor tech-nology is unsuitable in the beehive. More: http://bieneviernull.de
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- Beekeeping and health
