Internet of Things Smart Beehive Network: Homogeneous Data, Modeling, and Forecasting the Honey Robbing Phenomenon

The role of experimental data and the use of IoT-based monitoring systems are gaining broader significance in research on bees across several aspects: bees as global pollinators, as biosensors, and as examples of swarm intelligence. This increases the demands on monitoring systems to obtain homogene...

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Main Authors: Igor Kurdin, Aleksandra Kurdina
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-03-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2411-5134/10/2/23
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description The role of experimental data and the use of IoT-based monitoring systems are gaining broader significance in research on bees across several aspects: bees as global pollinators, as biosensors, and as examples of swarm intelligence. This increases the demands on monitoring systems to obtain homogeneous, continuous, and standardized experimental data, which can be used for machine learning, enabling models to be trained on new online data. However, the continuous operation of monitoring systems introduces new risks, particularly the cumulative impact of electromagnetic radiation on bees and their behavior. This highlights the need to balance IoT energy consumption, functionality, and continuous monitoring. We present a novel IoT-based bee monitoring system architecture that has been operating continuously for several years, using solar energy only. The negative impact of IoT electromagnetic fields is minimized, while ensuring homogeneous and continuous data collection. We obtained experimental data on the adverse phenomenon of honey robbing, which involves elements of swarm intelligence. We demonstrate how this phenomenon can be predicted and illustrate the interactions between bee colonies and the influence of solar radiation. The use of criteria for detecting honey robbing will help to reduce the spread of diseases and positively contribute to the sustainable development of precision beekeeping.
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spelling doaj-art-ca8e3d23b7e541b6b1ee8adb39d3eccf2025-08-20T02:18:16ZengMDPI AGInventions2411-51342025-03-011022310.3390/inventions10020023Internet of Things Smart Beehive Network: Homogeneous Data, Modeling, and Forecasting the Honey Robbing PhenomenonIgor Kurdin0Aleksandra Kurdina1Department of Artificial Intelligence, Institute of Information Technology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, PolandIndependent Researcher, 02-627 Warsaw, PolandThe role of experimental data and the use of IoT-based monitoring systems are gaining broader significance in research on bees across several aspects: bees as global pollinators, as biosensors, and as examples of swarm intelligence. This increases the demands on monitoring systems to obtain homogeneous, continuous, and standardized experimental data, which can be used for machine learning, enabling models to be trained on new online data. However, the continuous operation of monitoring systems introduces new risks, particularly the cumulative impact of electromagnetic radiation on bees and their behavior. This highlights the need to balance IoT energy consumption, functionality, and continuous monitoring. We present a novel IoT-based bee monitoring system architecture that has been operating continuously for several years, using solar energy only. The negative impact of IoT electromagnetic fields is minimized, while ensuring homogeneous and continuous data collection. We obtained experimental data on the adverse phenomenon of honey robbing, which involves elements of swarm intelligence. We demonstrate how this phenomenon can be predicted and illustrate the interactions between bee colonies and the influence of solar radiation. The use of criteria for detecting honey robbing will help to reduce the spread of diseases and positively contribute to the sustainable development of precision beekeeping.https://www.mdpi.com/2411-5134/10/2/23precision apiculturewireless sensor networksmart hivesolar energymachine learningIoT
spellingShingle Igor Kurdin
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Internet of Things Smart Beehive Network: Homogeneous Data, Modeling, and Forecasting the Honey Robbing Phenomenon
Inventions
precision apiculture
wireless sensor network
smart hive
solar energy
machine learning
IoT
title Internet of Things Smart Beehive Network: Homogeneous Data, Modeling, and Forecasting the Honey Robbing Phenomenon
title_full Internet of Things Smart Beehive Network: Homogeneous Data, Modeling, and Forecasting the Honey Robbing Phenomenon
title_fullStr Internet of Things Smart Beehive Network: Homogeneous Data, Modeling, and Forecasting the Honey Robbing Phenomenon
title_full_unstemmed Internet of Things Smart Beehive Network: Homogeneous Data, Modeling, and Forecasting the Honey Robbing Phenomenon
title_short Internet of Things Smart Beehive Network: Homogeneous Data, Modeling, and Forecasting the Honey Robbing Phenomenon
title_sort internet of things smart beehive network homogeneous data modeling and forecasting the honey robbing phenomenon
topic precision apiculture
wireless sensor network
smart hive
solar energy
machine learning
IoT
url https://www.mdpi.com/2411-5134/10/2/23
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