Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Sep 19, 2024
Beehive health monitoring has gained interest in the study of bees in biology, ecology, and agriculture. As audio sensors are less intrusive, a number of audio datasets (mainly labeled with the presence of a queen in the hive) have appeared in the li...
IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Sep 18, 2024
Early-exiting has recently provided an ideal solution for accelerating activity inference by attaching internal classifiers to deep neural networks. It allows easy activity samples to be predicted at shallower layers, without executing deeper layers,...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Aug 21, 2024
Artificial intelligence and Internet of Things are playing an increasingly important role in monitoring beehives. In this paper, we propose a method for automatic recognition of honeybee type by analyzing the sound generated by worker bees and drone ...
Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Aug 14, 2024
Nature abounds with examples of ultra-sensitive perception and agile body transformation for highly efficient predation as well as extraordinary adaptation to complex environments. Flytraps, as a representative example, could effectively detect the m...
Journal of the science of food and agriculture
Aug 9, 2024
BACKGROUND: The Turkish organic honey industry, a major player in the global market, faces challenges due to climate fluctuations. Understanding the influence of climate factors on honey production is vital for sustainable farming and economic stabil...
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
Aug 8, 2024
Apis mellifera ssp. sicula, also known as the Sicilian black honeybee, is a Slow Food Presidium that produces honey with outstanding nutraceutical properties, including high antioxidant capacity. In this study, we used high-resolution proteomics to p...
Environmental monitoring and assessment
Jul 11, 2024
Analysis of the change in groundwater used as a drinking and irrigation water source is of critical importance in terms of monitoring aquifers, planning water resources, energy production, combating climate change, and agricultural production. Theref...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Jul 9, 2024
Varroa mite infestation poses a severe threat to honeybee colonies globally. This study investigates the feasibility of utilizing the HS-Cam and machine learning techniques for Varroa mite counting. The methodology involves image acquisition, dimensi...
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution
Jul 2, 2024
Assigning a query individual animal or plant to its derived population is a prime task in diverse applications related to organismal genealogy. Such endeavors have conventionally relied on short DNA sequences under a phylogenetic framework. These met...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Jun 13, 2024
Varroa mites, scientifically identified as , pose a significant threat to beekeeping and cause one of the most destructive diseases affecting honey bee populations. These parasites attach to bees, feeding on their fat tissue, weakening their immune s...