Short communication. Platform for bee-hives monitoring based on sound analysis. A perpetual warehouse for swarm's daily activity

Abstract

Bees and beekeeping are suffering a global crisis. Constant information on swarm's conditions would be a key to study new diseases like colony collapse disorder and to develop new beekeeping tools to improve the hive management and make it more efficient. A platform for beehives monitoring is presented. It is based on the analysis of the colonies buzz which is registered by a bunch of sensors sending the data to a common database. Data obtained through sound processing shows plenty of patterns and tendency lines related to colonies activities and their conditions. It shows the potential of the sound as a swarm activity gauge. The goal of the platform is the possibility to store information about the swarm's activity. The objective is to build a global net of monitored hives covering apiaries with different climates, razes and managements.