A spatially resolved temperature measurement system for a honeybee colony brood box

Bencsik, M ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6278-0378, Newton, M, McVeigh, A and Tsakonas, C, 2022. A spatially resolved temperature measurement system for a honeybee colony brood box. Engineering Proceedings, 31 (1): 57. ISSN 2673-4591

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Abstract

Honeybee colonies depend on suitable temperatures for successful development. We
demonstrate the use of a spatially resolved temperature measurement system for a honeybee colony
by producing ten custom frames which results into four hundred eighty sensors across the hive. A
first prototype used four layers of wax to embed the sensors, however, the honeybees rejected these
and removed the wax before building new, irregular honeycomb. A second system using a single
sheet of wax onto which the sensors were laid was accepted by the colony, and normal honeycomb
was built. We showcase some of the data collected from this system.

Item Type:	Journal article
Description:	Paper presented at the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Applied Sciences (ASEC 2022), 1–15 December 2022.
Publication Title:	Engineering Proceedings
Creators:	Bencsik, M., Newton, M., McVeigh, A. and Tsakonas, C.
Publisher:	MDPI
Date:	1 December 2022
Volume:	31
Number:	1
ISSN:	2673-4591
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.3390/ASEC2022-13755 DOI 1730352 Other
Rights:	© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Divisions:	Schools > School of Science and Technology
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	15 Feb 2023 11:55
Last Modified:	15 Feb 2023 11:56
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/48297

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