A novel non-invasive radar to monitor honey bee colony health
A novel non-invasive radar to monitor honey bee colony health
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DOI：
10.1016/j.compag.2020.105241
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发表时间：
2020-03-01
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8.3
通讯作者：
Drummond, F. A.
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作者：
Cunha, A. E. Souza;Rose, J.;Drummond, F. A.
蜜蜂对全球农作物生产至关重要。在欧洲和北美，蜂群的损失达到了历史最高水平，在世界其他地区也很高。蜜蜂健康状况的下降导致了养蜂人和研究人员对监测蜂群健康的新机制的需求。监测蜜蜂健康的方法传统上涉及打开蜂箱进行手动数据收集或使用侵入性电子监测器。本研究评估了蜂箱活动监测器的基础上多普勒雷达原理作为评估蜜蜂群体健康的工具。这项研究是在一项为期两年的研究（2017-2018）中进行的。我们讨论了便携式多普勒雷达单元的发展和三个实验进行的目的是显示其效用在监测殖民地的健康。首先，我们确定以下关系：（I）觅食活动和群体健康（r（2）= 0.433，P = 0.006），（II）多普勒单位均方根（RMS）和觅食活动（r（2）= 0.766，P = 0.013），再用多普勒单位均方根（RI）与窝、工蜂群体健康值之和（r（2）= 0.731，P = 0.026）进行比较。这个小型便携式多普勒装置是太阳能供电的，可以部署在任何养蜂场，为养蜂人提供一个真实的跟踪蜂群健康的工具。
Honey bees are of vital importance to global crop production. Colony losses have reached historic levels in Europe and North America and are high in other parts of the world. The decline in honey bee health has resulted in the demand for novel mechanisms of monitoring colony health by beekeepers and researchers. Methods of monitoring bee health traditionally involve opening of the hive either for manual data collection or the use of invasive electronic monitors. This study evaluates a beehive activity monitor based on the Doppler radar principle as a tool for assessing honey bee colony health. The research was conducted during a two-year study (2017-2018). We discuss the development of a portable Doppler radar unit and three experiments conducted with the aim of showing its utility in monitoring colony health. First we determined the relationship between: (I) forager activity and colony health (r(2) = 0.433, P = 0.006), (II) Doppler unit root mean square (RMS) and forager activity (r(2) = 0.766, P = 0.013), and then (RI) Doppler unit RMS and colony health measured as total sum of brood and worker population (r(2) = 0.731, P = 0.026). This small portable Doppler unit is solar powered and can be deployed in any apiary to provide beekeepers with a tool for tracking their colonies' health in real time.