Application of continuous monitoring of honeybee colonies

Apidologie

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 10-22

  Meikle, W G ^a   Holst, N ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

colony humidity; colony temperature; continuous hive weight; forager traffic; hive vibration

Indexed keywords

COLONY; DATA SET; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HONEYBEE; HUMIDITY; MONITORING; PHENOLOGY; PRECISION; SENSOR; TEMPERATURE; WEIGHT;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 84919916630     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-014-0298-x     Document Type: Review

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