Quantitative assessments of honeybee colony’s response to an artificial vibrational pulse resulting in non-invasive measurements of colony’s overall mobility and restfulness
Abstract In this work we aim to provide a quantitative method allowing the probing of the physiological status of honeybee colonies by providing them with a gentle, short, external artificial vibrational shockwave, and recording their response. The knock is provided by an external electromagnetic sh...
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| author | Martin Bencsik Adam McVeigh David Claeys Bouuaert Nuno Capela Frederick Penny Michael Ian Newton José Paulo Sousa Dirk C. de Graaf |
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| description | Abstract In this work we aim to provide a quantitative method allowing the probing of the physiological status of honeybee colonies by providing them with a gentle, short, external artificial vibrational shockwave, and recording their response. The knock is provided by an external electromagnetic shaker attached to the outer wall of a hive, driven by a computer with a 0.1 s long, monochromatic vibration at 340Hz set to an amplitude that occasionally yields a mild response from the bees, recorded by an accelerometer placed in the middle of the central frame of the colony. To avoid habituation, the stimulus is supplied at randomised times, approximately every hour. The method is pioneered with a pilot study on a single colony hosted indoors, then extended onto eight outdoors colonies. The results show that we can quantitatively sense the colony’s overall mobility, independently from another physiological aspect, which is phenomenologically explored. Using this, a colony that is queenless is easily discriminated from the others. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f1b28aed16e0427394cf9112a5c77d952024-03-05T18:46:46ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222024-02-0114111110.1038/s41598-024-54107-8Quantitative assessments of honeybee colony’s response to an artificial vibrational pulse resulting in non-invasive measurements of colony’s overall mobility and restfulnessMartin Bencsik0Adam McVeigh1David Claeys Bouuaert2Nuno Capela3Frederick Penny4Michael Ian Newton5José Paulo Sousa6Dirk C. de Graaf7Nottingham Trent UniversityHarry Butler Institute, Murdoch UniversityHoneybee Valley, Ghent UniversityCentre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, Associated Laboratory TERRA, University of CoimbraNottingham Trent UniversityNottingham Trent UniversityCentre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, Associated Laboratory TERRA, University of CoimbraHoneybee Valley, Ghent UniversityAbstract In this work we aim to provide a quantitative method allowing the probing of the physiological status of honeybee colonies by providing them with a gentle, short, external artificial vibrational shockwave, and recording their response. The knock is provided by an external electromagnetic shaker attached to the outer wall of a hive, driven by a computer with a 0.1 s long, monochromatic vibration at 340Hz set to an amplitude that occasionally yields a mild response from the bees, recorded by an accelerometer placed in the middle of the central frame of the colony. To avoid habituation, the stimulus is supplied at randomised times, approximately every hour. The method is pioneered with a pilot study on a single colony hosted indoors, then extended onto eight outdoors colonies. The results show that we can quantitatively sense the colony’s overall mobility, independently from another physiological aspect, which is phenomenologically explored. Using this, a colony that is queenless is easily discriminated from the others.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-54107-8 |
| spellingShingle | Martin Bencsik Adam McVeigh David Claeys Bouuaert Nuno Capela Frederick Penny Michael Ian Newton José Paulo Sousa Dirk C. de Graaf Quantitative assessments of honeybee colony’s response to an artificial vibrational pulse resulting in non-invasive measurements of colony’s overall mobility and restfulness Scientific Reports |
| title | Quantitative assessments of honeybee colony’s response to an artificial vibrational pulse resulting in non-invasive measurements of colony’s overall mobility and restfulness |
| title_full | Quantitative assessments of honeybee colony’s response to an artificial vibrational pulse resulting in non-invasive measurements of colony’s overall mobility and restfulness |
| title_fullStr | Quantitative assessments of honeybee colony’s response to an artificial vibrational pulse resulting in non-invasive measurements of colony’s overall mobility and restfulness |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quantitative assessments of honeybee colony’s response to an artificial vibrational pulse resulting in non-invasive measurements of colony’s overall mobility and restfulness |
| title_short | Quantitative assessments of honeybee colony’s response to an artificial vibrational pulse resulting in non-invasive measurements of colony’s overall mobility and restfulness |
| title_sort | quantitative assessments of honeybee colony s response to an artificial vibrational pulse resulting in non invasive measurements of colony s overall mobility and restfulness |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-54107-8 |
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