Atauri Mezquida, DavidLlorente Martínez, J.2013-11-272013-11-272009Atauri-Mezquida, D., & Llorente-Martínez, J. (2009). Short communication: platform for bee-hives monitoring based on sound analysis: a perpetual warehouse for swarm's daily activity. Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 7(4), 824-828. https://doi.org/10.5424/sjar/2009074-11091695-971Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/11268/916Bees 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.engAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Apis MelliferaEnvironmental SurveillanceHoney BeeRemote SensingHoney-BeesApis-MelliferaFrequencySignalAgriculturejournal article10.5424/sjar/2009074-1109open accessInsectoEntomología