Edge Computing in IoT–Enabled Honeybee Monitoring for the Detection of Varroa Destructor
Among many important functions, bees play a key role in food production. Unfortunately, worldwide bee populations have been decreasing since 2007. One reason for the decrease of adult worker bees is varroosis, a parasitic disease caused by the Varroa destructor (V. destructor) mite. Varroosis can be...
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| author | Wachowicz Anna Pytlik Jakub Małysiak-Mrozek Bożena Tokarz Krzysztof Mrozek Dariusz |
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| description | Among many important functions, bees play a key role in food production. Unfortunately, worldwide bee populations have been decreasing since 2007. One reason for the decrease of adult worker bees is varroosis, a parasitic disease caused by the Varroa destructor (V. destructor) mite. Varroosis can be quickly eliminated from beehives once detected. However, this requires them to be monitored continuously during periods of bee activity to ensure that V. destructor mites are detected before they spread and infest the entire beehive. To this end, the use of Internet of things (IoT) devices can significantly increase detection speed. Comprehensive solutions are required that can cover entire apiaries and prevent the disease from spreading between hives and apiaries. In this paper, we present a solution for global monitoring of apiaries and the detection of V. destructor mites in beehives. Our solution captures and processes video streams from camera-based IoT devices, analyzes those streams using edge computing, and constructs a global collection of cases within the cloud. We have designed an IoT device that monitors bees and detects V. destructor infestation via video stream analysis on a GPU-accelerated Nvidia Jetson Nano. Experimental results show that the detection process can be run in real time while maintaining similar efficacy to alternative approaches. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0336d4b3f884427ea0131dbb4f3f0e8f2022-12-22T03:56:41ZengSciendoInternational Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science2083-84922022-09-0132335536910.34768/amcs-2022-0026Edge Computing in IoT–Enabled Honeybee Monitoring for the Detection of Varroa DestructorWachowicz Anna0Pytlik Jakub1Małysiak-Mrozek Bożena2Tokarz Krzysztof3Mrozek Dariusz4Department of Applied Informatics, Silesian University of Technology, ul. Akademicka 16, 44-100Gliwice, PolandDepartment of Applied Informatics, Silesian University of Technology, ul. Akademicka 16, 44-100Gliwice, PolandDepartment of Distributed Systems and Informatic Devices, Silesian University of Technology, ul. Akademicka 16, 44-100Gliwice, PolandDepartment of Graphics, Computer Vision, and Digital Systems, Silesian University of Technology, ul. Akademicka 16, 44-100Gliwice, PolandDepartment of Applied Informatics, Silesian University of Technology, ul. Akademicka 16, 44-100Gliwice, PolandAmong many important functions, bees play a key role in food production. Unfortunately, worldwide bee populations have been decreasing since 2007. One reason for the decrease of adult worker bees is varroosis, a parasitic disease caused by the Varroa destructor (V. destructor) mite. Varroosis can be quickly eliminated from beehives once detected. However, this requires them to be monitored continuously during periods of bee activity to ensure that V. destructor mites are detected before they spread and infest the entire beehive. To this end, the use of Internet of things (IoT) devices can significantly increase detection speed. Comprehensive solutions are required that can cover entire apiaries and prevent the disease from spreading between hives and apiaries. In this paper, we present a solution for global monitoring of apiaries and the detection of V. destructor mites in beehives. Our solution captures and processes video streams from camera-based IoT devices, analyzes those streams using edge computing, and constructs a global collection of cases within the cloud. We have designed an IoT device that monitors bees and detects V. destructor infestation via video stream analysis on a GPU-accelerated Nvidia Jetson Nano. Experimental results show that the detection process can be run in real time while maintaining similar efficacy to alternative approaches.https://doi.org/10.34768/amcs-2022-0026internet of thingsiotvarroa destructorprecision beekeepingmachine learningcloudimage processingedge devices |
| spellingShingle | Wachowicz Anna Pytlik Jakub Małysiak-Mrozek Bożena Tokarz Krzysztof Mrozek Dariusz Edge Computing in IoT–Enabled Honeybee Monitoring for the Detection of Varroa Destructor International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science internet of things iot varroa destructor precision beekeeping machine learning cloud image processing edge devices |
| title | Edge Computing in IoT–Enabled Honeybee Monitoring for the Detection of Varroa Destructor |
| title_full | Edge Computing in IoT–Enabled Honeybee Monitoring for the Detection of Varroa Destructor |
| title_fullStr | Edge Computing in IoT–Enabled Honeybee Monitoring for the Detection of Varroa Destructor |
| title_full_unstemmed | Edge Computing in IoT–Enabled Honeybee Monitoring for the Detection of Varroa Destructor |
| title_short | Edge Computing in IoT–Enabled Honeybee Monitoring for the Detection of Varroa Destructor |
| title_sort | edge computing in iot enabled honeybee monitoring for the detection of varroa destructor |
| topic | internet of things iot varroa destructor precision beekeeping machine learning cloud image processing edge devices |
| url | https://doi.org/10.34768/amcs-2022-0026 |
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