Grant: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
$25,000.00
Queen Bee Localization Technology Evaluation
FY 2016-17
Summary
This proposal aims to evaluate a candidate electronic technology capable of providing beekeepers and honeyproducers the approximate location of a queen bee within a production hive.To assure maximum production throughout each honey season, beekeepers must periodically locate and inspectthe status of every queen bee in every hive. A honey producer may have thousands of hives to inspect. Eachhive contains a single queen responsible for production of the brood and ultimately the volume of honeyproduced in the hive. Locating the queen is a time intensive process that disturbs the hive as each frame mustbe removed from the hive for visual inspection.The objective of this proposal is to evaluate a candidate electronic localization technology as a method forlocating the approximate position of a tagged object (i.e. the queen bee) within the volume of a standardbeekeeper's honey hive. A proof-of-concept system will be designed, built and evaluated to see if it canprovide reliable and repeatable location information for a single object with the desired resolution within astandard beekeeper's honey hive.
Program
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Location
Alberta, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
494606-2016
Name nom
Dambrowitz, Christopher
Department département
NAIT HP Centre
Organization id
25090
Institution établissement
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
Province en
Alberta
Province fr
Alberta
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2016
Competition year année de concours
2016
Award amount
25000
Program id
CARD1
Program name en
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Program name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée - niveau 1
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
1561
Committee name en
Applied Research and Development Grants
Committee name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée
Area of application code
100
Area of application group en
Agriculture and primary food production
Area of application group fr
Agriculture et produits alimentaires primaires
Area of application en
Agriculture and primary food production
Area of application fr
Agriculture et produits alimentaires primaires
Research subject code
2506
Research subject group en
Electrical and electronic engineering
Research subject group fr
Génie électrique et électronique
Research subject en
Electron devices
Research subject fr
Dispositifs électroniques
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Queen Bee Localization Technology Evaluation
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
This proposal aims to evaluate a candidate electronic technology capable of providing beekeepers and honeyproducers the approximate location of a queen bee within a production hive.To assure maximum production throughout each honey season, beekeepers must periodically locate and inspectthe status of every queen bee in every hive. A honey producer may have thousands of hives to inspect. Eachhive contains a single queen responsible for production of the brood and ultimately the volume of honeyproduced in the hive. Locating the queen is a time intensive process that disturbs the hive as each frame mustbe removed from the hive for visual inspection.The objective of this proposal is to evaluate a candidate electronic localization technology as a method forlocating the approximate position of a tagged object (i.e. the queen bee) within the volume of a standardbeekeeper's honey hive. A proof-of-concept system will be designed, built and evaluated to see if it canprovide reliable and repeatable location information for a single object with the desired resolution within astandard beekeeper's honey hive.
