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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 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Honey Bee MonitoringProject Pitch to ECE445
Prof. SchmitzSeptember 4, 2013
Outline• The Need• The Constraints
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Colony Collapse Disorder• Gene Robinson, U of I– http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/73513
• Varroa Mite/parasites• Pathogens• Nutrition• Pesticides• Bee Space Website– http://www.beespace.illinois.edu/ebeespa
ce/
My Apiary
At the Entrance
Typical Hive Body Stack
•Lid•Inner Cover•Hive Supers•Hive Bodies•Bottom Board
Project#1: Where’s the Queen?
http://basicbeekeeping.blogspot.com
Project#2: How’s the Cluster?
http://basicbeekeeping.blogspot.com
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