Monitoring of swarming sounds in bee hives for early detection of the swarming period

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 72-77

  Ferrari, S ^a   Silva, M ^b   Guarino, M ^a   Berckmans, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bee; Frequency; Hive; Honey loss; Sounds; Swarming; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; MATLAB; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE;

ACOUSTIC METHODS; ACOUSTICAL FEATURES; ANIMAL PRODUCTION; BEE; EARLY DETECTION; ECONOMIC INTERESTS; EXTERNAL CONDITIONING; FREQUENCY; HIVE; HONEY LOSS; HONEY PRODUCTION; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITIES; RAPID CHANGES; SAMPLE RATE; SOUNDS; SWARMING; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY SENSOR;

PRODUCTION;

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; BEE; DETECTION METHOD; FLOWERING; HONEY; MONITORING; QUEEN; SWARMING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 50049120766     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2008.05.010     Document Type: Article

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