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Honey Bee Monitoring

Honey Bee Monitoring. Project Pitch to ECE445 Prof . Schmitz September 4, 2013. Outline. The Need The Constraints. Colony Collapse Disorder. Gene Robinson, U of I http:// illinois.edu/lb/article/72/73513 Varroa Mite/parasites Pathogens Nutrition Pesticides Bee Space Website

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Honey Bee Monitoring

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  1. Honey Bee Monitoring Project Pitch to ECE445 Prof. Schmitz September 4, 2013

  2. Outline • The Need • The Constraints

  3. Colony Collapse Disorder • Gene Robinson, U of I • http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/73513 • VarroaMite/parasites • Pathogens • Nutrition • Pesticides • Bee Space Website • http://www.beespace.illinois.edu/ebeespace/

  4. My Apiary

  5. At the Entrance

  6. Typical Hive Body Stack • Lid • Inner Cover • Hive Supers • Hive Bodies • Bottom Board

  7. Project#1: Where’s the Queen? http://basicbeekeeping.blogspot.com

  8. Project#2: How’s the Cluster? http://basicbeekeeping.blogspot.com

  9. Constraints • Can Not Violate Bee Space • Equipment embedded in hive bodies • Equipment within select frames • Equipment within porous separator • Rural Locations, Temperature Deviations • No electricity source • Cost: Commercial and non-Commercial

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