Application of information technologies in Precision Apiculture

Project information

Application of information technologies in Precision Apiculture

Call: ICT and Automation for a Greener Agriculture

Id: 14301

Acronym: ITApic

Duration: 

1 August, 2013 to 31 August, 2016

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 ZacepinsLatvia150.0150.0Latvian Academy of Science
2Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics
Faculty of Science & Art
Faculty of Agriculture
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Gaziosmanpasa University
Saban TekinTurkey118.8118.8Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
3Department of Agricultural Engineering
Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences
University of Kassel
Oliver HenselGermany222.0222.0Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
4Signal Processing and Control Group
Electronics and Computer Engineering
Division of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Engineering
Aarhus School of Engineering
Aarhus University
Peter AhrendtDenmark251.2198.2Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation
Ministry of Science, Innovation and Higher Education


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.

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