A new approach for the simultaneous tracking of multiple Honeybees for analysis of hive behavior

Apidologie

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 607-617

  Kimura, Toshifumi ^a   Ohashi, Mizue ^a   Okada, Ryuichi ^b   Ikeno, Hidetoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^b TOKUSHIMA BUNRI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Behavioral tracking; Honeybee; Image processing

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; HONEYBEE; IMAGE PROCESSING; LABOR DIVISION; MOVEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 80054706539     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-011-0060-6     Document Type: Article

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