Research papers

Teams

World-wide there are several interdisciplinary research teams working in the area of precision beekeeping on a consistent basis

Scientific publications

title orgs year
Apis mellifera Bee Verification with IoT and Graph Neural Network
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Instituto Tecnolรณgico El Llano Aguascalientes
2025
Buzzing with Intelligence: A Systematic Review of Smart Beehive Technologies
  • ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท University of Split
2025
Deep Learning-Based Detection of Honey Storage Areas in Apismellifera Colonies for Predicting Physical Parameters of Honey via Linear Regression
  • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญย  Chiang Mai University
2025
Evaluation of Single-Shot Object Detection Models for Identifying Fanning Behavior in Honeybees at the Hive Entrance
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
2025
IoT and Machine Learning Techniques for Precision Beekeeping:A Review
  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Makerere University
  • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology
2025
Towards Varroa destructor mite detection using a narrow spectra illumination
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Brno University of Technology
2025
Transformer Models improve the acoustic recognition of buzz-pollinating bee species
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Universidade Federal de Goiรกs
  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ University of Arizona
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Universidad Catรณlica del Maule
2025
โญ๏ธ Deep Edge IoT for Acoustic Detection of Queenless Beehives
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
2025
โญ๏ธ An AI-Based Open-Source Software for Varroa Mite Fall Analysis in Honeybee Colonies ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ University of Zaragoza ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ University of La Rioja ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ University of Valencia 2025
Bee Together: Joining Bee Audio Datasets for Hive Extrapolation in AI-Based Monitoring ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท University of Toulouse 2024
Advances in Beehive Monitoring Systems: Low-Cost Integrating Sensor Technology forImproved Apiculture Management
  • ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Research and Development Institute for Wildlife and Mountain Resources Miercurea Ciuc
  • ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania
  • ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด National Institute for Research and Development in Environmental Protection
  • ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด National Institute for Research and Development in Forestry "Marin Dracea"
2024
Honey bulk DNA metagenomic analysis to identify honey biological
  • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Celvia CC AS
  • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช University of Tartu
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Karolinska University Hospital
2024
Internet of Things Smart Beehive Network: Homogeneous Data,Modeling, and Forecasting the Honey Robbing Phenomenon
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Warsaw University of Life Sciences
2024
Keypoint-Based Bee Orientation Estimation and Ramp Detection at the Hive Entrance for Bee Behavior Identification System
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
2024
Mapping Crop Types for Beekeepers Using Sentinel-2 Satellite Image Time Series: Five Essential Crops in the Pollination Services
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Universitรฉ de Montrรฉal
2024
Open Remote Web Lab for Learning Robotics and ROS With Physical and Simulated Robots in an Authentic Developer Environment
  • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช University of Tartu
2024
Towards Robotic Mapping of a Honeybee Comb
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czech Technical University
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Durham University
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น University of Graz
2024
The Use of Products with a Monitoring System for Remote Bee Detection in Beekeeping in Czechia
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Brno University of Technology
2024
Varroa destructor detection on honey bees using hyperspectral imagery
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Brno University of Technology
  • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ LUT University
2024
Tracking Varroa Parasitism Using Handheld Infrared Cameras:Is Eusocial Fever the Key?
  • ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungarian University of Agricultureand Life Sciences
2024
Beehive Smart Detector Device for the Detection of CriticalConditions That Utilize Edge Device Computations and DeepLearning Inferences
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท University of Ioannina
2024
Autonomous tracking of honey bee behaviors over long-term periods with cooperating robots
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czech Technical University
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น University of Graz
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Durham University
  • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ทย  Middle East Technical University
2024
Accuracy vs. Energy: An Assessment of Bee Object Inference inVideos from On-Hive Video Loggers with YOLOv3,YOLOv4-Tiny, and YOLOv7-Tiny
  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Utah State University
2023
Ambient Electromagnetic Radiation as a Predictor of Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Traffic in Linear and Non-Linear Regression: Numerical Stability, Physical Time and Energy Efficiency
  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Utah State University
2023
Approximation of functions determining colony activity using neural networks. Master thesis
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Brno University of Technology
2023
The Be-Hive Project - Counting Bee Traffic based on Deep Learning and Pose Estimation
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ CYENS Centre of Excellence
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus University of Technology
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ University of Twente
2023
BeeNet: An End-To-End Deep Network For Bee Surveillance
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australian National University
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ BRAC University
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Curtin University
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
2023
Bee colony remote monitoring based on IoT using ESP-NOW protocol
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies
2023
Comparing weight dynamics between urban and rural honeybee colonies in Latvia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies
2023
Honey bees modify plantpollinator network structure
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ University of Alberta
2023
Identifying Queenlessness in Honeybee Hives from Audio Signals Using Machine Learning
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Kingston University
2023
Importance of GIS solutions for beekeepers: a review
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies
2023
HiveLink โ€“ IoT based Smart Bee Hive MonitoringSystem
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ St. Joseph Engineering College
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Canara Engineering College
2023
Labeled dataset for bee detection and direction estimation on entrance to beehive
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
2023
Machine Learning and Computer Vision Techniques in Continuous Beehive Monitoring Applications: A Survey
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Brno University of Technology
2023
Pollinators as Data Collectors Estimating Floral Diversity with Bees and Computer Vision - 2023
Raspberry Pi Bee Health Monitoring Device
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Brno University of Technology
2023
Precision Beekeeping Systems: State of the Art, Pros and Cons, and Their Application as Tools for Advancing theBeekeeping Sector
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นย  University of Tuscia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น University of Napoli Federico II
2023
Precision Monitoring of Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Activity and Pollen Diversity during Pollination to EvaluateColony Health
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ La Trobe University
2023
Varroa Destructor Classification Using Legendre Fourier Moments with Different Color Spaces
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Universidad Politรฉcnica de Tulancingo
2023
Defined exposure of honey bee colonies to simulated radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF): Negative effects on the homing ability, butn ot on brood development or longevity
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช University of Hohenheim
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
2023
A Minimally Invasive Approach Towards โ€œEcosystem Hackingโ€ With Honeybees
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น University of Graz
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czech Technical University
  • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ทย  Middle East Technical University
2022
Digital Transformation of Beekeeping through the Use of a Decision Making Architecture
  • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Efrei Research Lab
  • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท PSL University
2022
Evaluation of the honey bee colonies weight gain during theintensive foraging period
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies
2022
Honeybee Re-identification in Video: New Datasets and Impact of Self-supervision
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท University of Puerto Rico
2022
Integration of Scales and Cameras in Nondisruptive ElectronicBeehive Monitoring: On the Within-Day Relationship of HiveWeight and Traffic in Honeybee (Apis mellifera) Colonies in Langstroth Hives in Tucson, Arizona, USA
  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Utah State University
2022
Smart Beehive Monitoring for Remote Regions - PhD thesis
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ University of Western Australia
2022
SLEAP: A deep learning system for multi-animal pose tracking
  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธย  Princeton University
  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ New York University
  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
2022
Automated Video Monitoring of Unmarked and Marked Honey Bees at the Hive Entrance
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท University of Puerto Rico
2022
Audio, Image, Video, and Weather Datasets for Continuous Electronic Beehive Monitoring
  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Utah State University
2021
BeePIV: A Method to Measure Apis Mellifera Traffic with Particle Image Velocimetry in Videos
  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Utah State University
2021
Honeybee In-Out Monitoring System by Object Recognition and Tracking from Real-Time Webcams
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Incheon National University
2021
On Image Classification in Video Analysis of Omnidirectional Apis Mellifera Traffic: Random Reinforced Forests vs. Shallow Convolutional Networks
  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Utah State University
2021
Self-Powered Smart Beehive Monitoring and ControlSystem (SBMaCS)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผ University of Rwanda
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Copperbelt University
  • ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผ National Council of Science and Technology
2021
Toward an intelligent and efficient beehive: A survey of precision beekeeping systems and services
  • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท aivancity School for Technology
  • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Universitรฉ de Lyon
2021
Visual Diagnosis of the Varroa Destructor Parasitic Mite in Honeybees Using Object Detector Techniques
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Brno University of Technology
2021
โญ๏ธ Markerless tracking of an entire honey bee colony
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
2021
Analysis of Energy Consumption in a Precision Beekeeping System - 2020
Current achievements and future developments of a novel AI based visual monitoring of beehives in ecotoxicology and for the monitoring of landscape structures - 2020
Model for the bee apiary location evaluation
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Humboldt University of Berlin
2020
Real-time, low-latency closed-loop feedback using markerless posture tracking
  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Harvard University
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง NeuroGEARS Ltd
  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ University of Oregon
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
2020
The prediction of swarming in honeybee colonies using vibrational spectra
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Nottingham Trent University
  • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทย  lโ€™Institut National de Recherche en Agriculture
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Centre Apicole de Recherche et dโ€™Information
2020
โญ๏ธ Automatic detection and classification of honey bee comb cells using deeplearning
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Instituto Politรฉcnico de Braganรงa
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Federal Technological University of Paranรก
  • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Universitรฉ Clermont-Auvergne
2020
BeeAlarmed. Masters thesis
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences
2020
Automated monitoring of bee behaviour using connected hives Towards a computational apidology - 2019
DeepPoseKit, a software toolkit for fast and robust animal pose estimation using deep learning
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช University of Konstanz
  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธย  Princeton University
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Technische Universitรคt Mรผnchen
2019
Modular sensory hardware and data processing solution forimplementation of the precision beekeeping
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช University of Kassel
2019
DeepBees โ€“ Building and Scaling Convolutional Neuronal Nets For Fast and Large-scale Visual Monitoring of Bee Hives
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
2019
LabelBee: a web platform for large-scale semi-automated analysis of honeybee behavior from video
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท University of Puerto Rico
2019
A Preliminary Study of Image Analysis forParasite Detection on Honey Bees
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Vienna University of Technology
  • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Universidad de Oviedo
  • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Universitat de Barcelona
2018
DeepLabCut: markerless pose estimation of user-defined body parts with deep learning
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Eberhard Karls Universitรคt Tรผbingen
  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Harvard University
  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Columbia University
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience
  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Baylor College of Medicine
2018
Honeybees on the move - Pollination services and honey production - 2018
Multiple Animals Tracking in VideoUsing Part Affinity Fields
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท University of Puerto Rico
2018
Recognition of Pollen-bearing Bees from Video using Convolutional Neural Network
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท University of Puerto Rico
2018
The development of honey bee coloniesassessed using a new semi-automated broodcounting method: CombCount
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Macquarie University
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Queensland University of Technology
  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Carl Hayden Bee Research Center
2018
Towards dense object tracking in a 2D honeybee hive
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
2018
Solution for automated bee colony weight monitoring
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia University of Agriculture
2017
Honey Bee Colonies Remote Monitoring System
  • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ University of Cรณrdoba
2016
Reception and learning of electric fields in bees
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Freie Universitรคt Berlin
2013
Biodiversity conservation and current threats to European honeybees
  • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Universidad de Murcia
  • ย ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Martin-Luther-Universitรคt Halle-Wittenberg
2009
Automatic methods for long-term tracking and the detection and decoding of communication dancesin honeybees - -
Bio-Hybrid Systems for Ecosystem Level Effects - -
DeepLabCut-based daily behavioural and posture analysis in a cricket - -
Intelligent beehive monitoring system based on internet of things and colony state analysis
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Universiti Teknologi MARA
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Xiamen University
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Fujian Agriculture And Forestry University
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Quanzhou University of Information Engineering
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Precision Apiculture โ€“ IoT System for Remote Monitoring of Honeybee Colonies
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Ss. Cyril and Methodius University
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Social networks predict the life and death of honeybees - -
Tracking All Members of a Honey Bee Colony Over Their Lifetime Using Learned Models of Correspondence - -
myBee: An Information System for Precision Beekeeping
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท State University of Maringa
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
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Application of Data Layering in Precision Beekeeping The Concept - -
Analysis of the Waggle Dance Motion of Honeybees for the Design of a Biomimetic Honeybee Robot - -
Impact of the precision beekeeping on the living environment - -
Automatic detection and decoding of honeybee waggle dances - -

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