2023/09/16 by Christian I. Narcia-Macias, Narcia-Macias, Christian I., Joselito Guardado +9 · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Bee Products Chemical Analysis #Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV) #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior #Insect and Pesticide Research
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2309.08955
openalex publication_date 2023/09/16 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Utilizing computer vision and the latest technological advancements, in this study, we developed a honey bee monitoring system that aims to enhance our understanding of Colony Collapse Disorder, honey bee behavior, population decline, and overall hive health. The system is positioned at the hive entrance providing real-time data, enabling beekeepers to closely monitor the hive's activity and health through an account-based website. Using machine learning, our monitoring system can accurately track honey bees, monitor pollen-gathering activity, and detect Varroa mites, all without causing any disruption to the honey bees. Moreover, we have ensured that the development of this monitoring system utilizes cost-effective technology, making it accessible to apiaries of various scales, including hobbyists, commercial beekeeping businesses, and researchers. The inference models used to detect honey bees, pollen, and mites are based on the YOLOv7-tiny architecture trained with our own data. The F1-score for honey bee model recognition is 0.95 and the precision and recall value is 0.981. For our pollen and mite object detection model F1-score is 0.95 and the precision and recall value is 0.821 for pollen and 0.996 for "mite". The overall performance of our IntelliBeeHive system demonstrates its effectiveness in monitoring the honey bee's activity, achieving an accuracy of 96.28 % in tracking and our pollen model achieved a F1-score of 0.831.