Application of information technologies in Precision Apiculture
Project information
Application of information technologies in Precision ApicultureCall: ICT and Automation for a Greener Agriculture
Id: 14301
Acronym: ITApic
Duration:
Consortium:
| No | Partner | Contact | Country | Total 1000€ | Funded 1000€ | Funder |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Coord. | Department of Computer Systems Faculty of Information Technologies Biosystems Group Latvian University of Agriculture | Aleksejs Zacepins | Latvia | 150.0 | 150.0 | Latvian Academy of Science |
| 2 | Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics Faculty of Science & Art Faculty of Agriculture Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Gaziosmanpasa University | Saban Tekin | Turkey | 118.8 | 118.8 | Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey |
| 3 | Department of Agricultural Engineering Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences University of Kassel | Oliver Hensel | Germany | 222.0 | 222.0 | Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture |
| 4 | Signal Processing and Control Group Electronics and Computer Engineering Division of Mechanical Engineering Department of Engineering Aarhus School of Engineering Aarhus University | Peter Ahrendt | Denmark | 251.2 | 198.2 | Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry of Science, Innovation and Higher Education |
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Summary:
This project proposes implementation of precision agriculture technologies and methods in the beekeeping. Precision agriculture approach is adapted for beekeeping based on the various measurements of individual bee colonies all year around thus detecting different states of colonies and apiaries enabling rapid reaction by the beekeeper in case of necessity. Digital measurements such as temperature, humidity, audio and video can be used to detect several states of a bee colony: swarming, broodless stage, brood rearing, illness. Lots of separated scientific research has been done with this techniques related to bee biology, but they have never been combined to develop a apicultural health observation and warning system.
