Development of a beehive monitoring system

Honeyview Farm是BC省领先的蜂蜜生产商之一，有兴趣研究和开发一种 解决方案，允许更便宜和更快的蜂巢评估，以保持蜂巢损失最小，并允许进一步 研究为什么蜂巢会消失目前，他们必须手动打开每个蜂巢， 检查蜜蜂和画框这是一个缓慢而主观的过程，据报道， 蜂巢的自然活动大约24小时。人们对传感器的发展有相当大的兴趣 阵列，以改善蜂箱管理和研究计划。研究表明，声学，温度， 湿度和其它因素可以被测量并与蜂巢状态和行为相关联。为了改善蜂巢 在评估过程中，可以开发一种传感器阵列，以更少的劳动力连续评估蜂箱， 当检测到异常行为时提醒养蜂人检查蜂巢。这个传感器阵列的数据 可以被分析并用于发现蜂巢特征、蜂巢健康和行为之间的相关性。 Honeyview Farm计划与机电系统学院院长Golnaraghi博士合作 西蒙弗雷泽大学工程学。戈尔纳拉吉博士一直致力于直接相关的应用， 利用各种传感器技术，在过去的二十年里。在这方面，这一长期目标 研究人员正在开发一种低成本的传感器阵列，可以非侵入性地安装在蜂箱中进行监测 蜂箱的相关特性，如温度、声学、湿度和重量。拟议工作 需要电子和传感器硬件的选择，传感器阵列原型开发，传感器的现场测试 阵列原型，并进行数据分析和研究。

Honeyview Farm, one of the leading honey producers in BC, is interested in researching and developing a solution to allow cheaper and faster hive assessment to keep hive losses to a minimum and to allow further research into why hive losses are occurring. Currently, they have to assess each hive manually by opening it up and examining the bees and frames. This is a slow and subjective process and has been reported to disturb the natural activity of the hive for around 24 hours. There is considerable interest in the development of sensor arrays to improve beehive management and research programs. Studies have shown that acoustics, temperature, humidity and other factors can be measured and correlated to hive status and behavior. To improve the hive assessment process, a sensor array can be developed to continuously assess hives with less labour and only alerting a beekeeper to examine the hive when abnormal behavior is detected. The data from this sensor array can be analyzed and be used to find correlations between hive characteristics, hive health and behaviour. Honeyview Farm plans to collaborate with Dr. Golnaraghi, director of the School of Mechatronic Systems Engineering at Simon Fraser University. Dr. Golnaraghi has been working on applications of direct relevance, utilizing various sensor technologies, over the past twenty years. In this respect, the long-term goal of this research is to develop a low-cost sensor array that can be non-invasively installed into a beehive to monitor relevant characteristics of the hive such as temperature, acoustics, humidity and weight. The proposed work entails electronic and sensory hardware selection, sensor array prototype development, field testing of sensor array prototype, and data analysis and study.