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United Nations reports throughout recent years have stressed the growing constraint of food supply for Earth’s growing human population. Honey bees are a vital part of the food chain as the most important pollinator for a wide range of crops. It is clear that protecting the population of honey bees worldwide, as well as enabling them to maximise their productivity, is an important concern. In this...
Toys have a very important role in society. Play is a vitally part of every child's life, providing not only entertainment but also influencing the psychological, physiological and social development of a child. Throughout the years, toys have reflected every generation's advances in technology. In this paper wireless technologies, low power computing and sensing are used to expand the capabilities...
Monitoring the sounds emitted by honey bees in a beehive is an important activity for beekeepers to ensure that their bee colonies remain healthy and to maximise productivity. A particular reproductive event called “swarming”, involves the departure of a queen bee with a large portion of the hive population. Swarming can be identified through sound, and if allowed to occur unchecked can lead to a...
In recent years monitoring of beehives through technology has become increasingly frequent in research and industry. This is due to a decline in beekeeping, and stagnant honey bee populations across the globe, due to, among other factors, pests and disease. Recent advances in the area of low power wireless sensor network technology can be applied to the beehive for a better understanding of the colony's...
Honey bees have played a major role in the history and development of humankind, in particular for nutrition and agriculture. The most important role of the western honey bee (Apis mellifera) is that of pollination. A large amount of crops consumed throughout the world today are pollinated by the activity of the honey bee. It is estimated that the total value of these crops stands at 155 billion euro...
Honey bees have held a critical role in agriculture and nutrition from the dawn of human civilisation. The most crucial role of the bee is pollination; the value of pollination dependant crops is estimated at € 155 billion per year with honey bees identified as the most important pollinator insect. It is clear that honey bees are a vitally important part of the environment which cannot be allowed...
In recent years, various United Nations reports have stressed the growing constraint of food supply for Earth's growing human population. Honey bees are a vital part of the food chain as the most important pollinator insect for a wide range of crops. It is clear that protecting the population of honey bees worldwide, as well as enabling them to maximise their productivity, is an important concern...
Increased interest in wireless data collection for environmental and energy applications has developed due to the recent growth in renewable energy power systems. Wireless sensor networks have improved the efficiency and ease of monitoring and reporting of environmental data and system performance from remote locations. This paper describes the development of a wireless sensor network for environmental...
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