<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Remote and automatic monitoring of two Apis Cerana bee colonies was conducted in Indonesia to demonstrate precision beekeeping approach in that region. Successful implementation of the precision beekeeping system includes development of the bee colony monitoring hardware and software for data collection, analysis and visualisation. This paper focuses on development and installation of such systems at the private apiary in Indonesia. For bee colony monitoring at the apiary a developed monitoring unit was used, which is based on ESP microchip, and for the data storage SAMS data warehouse was used. The monitoring results showed that the choice of the location of the temperature sensor is important, as the temperature at the hive sides changes synchronously with the outside temperature. Also, feedback from the beekeeper is collected to further improve the system and monitoring process. This research is conducted within the SAMS – Smart Apiculture Management Services project, which is funded by the European Union within the H2020-ICT-39-2016-2017 call and with close collaboration with the local private beekeeper. To find out more, visit the project website <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="https://sams-project.eu/">https://sams-project.eu/</ext-link>.</p></abstract>

Remote and automatic monitoring of two Apis Cerana bee colonies was conducted in Indonesia to demonstrate precision beekeeping approach in that region. Successful implementation of the precision beekeeping system includes development of the bee colony monitoring hardware and software for data collection, analysis and visualisation. This paper focuses on development and installation of such systems at the private apiary in Indonesia. For bee colony monitoring at the apiary a developed monitoring unit was used, which is based on ESP microchip, and for the data storage SAMS data warehouse was used. The monitoring results showed that the choice of the location of the temperature sensor is important, as the temperature at the hive sides changes synchronously with the outside temperature. Also, feedback from the beekeeper is collected to further improve the system and monitoring process. This research is conducted within the SAMS – Smart Apiculture Management Services project, which is funded by the European Union within the H2020-ICT-39-2016-2017 call and with close collaboration with the local private beekeeper. To find out more, visit the project website https://sams-project.eu/.

Temperature and Weight Monitoring of the Apis Cerana Bee Colony Indonesia

Department of Computer Systems, Faculty of Information Technologies

Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies

Rural Sustainability Research

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Remote and automatic monitoring of two Apis Cerana bee colonies was conducted in Indonesia to demonstrate precision beekeeping approach in that region....

Temperature and Weight Monitoring of the Apis Cerana Bee Colony Indonesia

Published Online: Dec 10, 2020

Page range: 54 - 60

Received: Oct 14, 2020

Accepted: Nov 09, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/plua-2020-0017

Keywords
Precision beekeeping, SAMS, bee colony monitoring, temperature and weight monitoring

© 2020 Armands Kviesis et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Temperature and Weight Monitoring of the Apis Cerana Bee Colony Indonesia

Published Online: Dec 10, 2020

Page range: 54 - 60

Received: Oct 14, 2020

Accepted: Nov 09, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/plua-2020-0017

KeywordsPrecision beekeeping, SAMS, bee colony monitoring, temperature and weight monitoring

© 2020 Armands Kviesis et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Precision beekeeping, SAMS, bee colony monitoring, temperature and weight monitoring