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Honeybee activity monitoring in a biohybrid system for explosives detection

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Date
2019
Author
Simić, Mitar
Gillanders, Ross Neil
Avramović, Aleksej
Gajić, Slavica
Jovanović, Vedran
Stojnić, Vladan
Risojević, Vladimir
Glackin, James
Turnbull, Graham Alexander
Filipi, Janja
Kezić, Nikola
Muštra, Mario
Babić, Zdenka
Funder
NATO
Grant ID
MYP G5355
Keywords
Biosensors
Explosive detection
Honeybees
Organic-based explosive vapor sensing films
UAV
QC Physics
QH301 Biology
T Technology
NDAS
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Abstract
Free-flying honeybees can electrostatically collect particles from air in the flying and foraging areas, which in conjunction with organic-based explosive vapor sensing films, placed at the entrance to the beehive, can be used as a passive explosive sensing mechanism. Moreover, bees can be trained to actively search for a smell of explosive. Using trained honeybees in conjunction with a system for honeybee localization enables generation of a spatial-time honeybee density map, where the most visited places point to suspicious areas. In both methods (passive and active), bees’ activity monitoring plays a significant role, providing information about environmental parameters and activities of bees at the entrance and exit of a beehive. In this paper we present the design and realization of an electronic system for bee activity monitoring at the front of a hive while using bees for explosive detection. The system also monitors air temperature and relative humidity. Results obtained to date from activity monitoring are useful in planning testing activities within our active and passive method, as it can determine the optimal period of the day and environmental parameters in which bees are most active.
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Simić , M , Gillanders , R N , Avramović , A , Gajić , S , Jovanović , V , Stojnić , V , Risojević , V , Glackin , J , Turnbull , G A , Filipi , J , Kezić , N , Muštra , M & Babić , Z 2019 , Honeybee activity monitoring in a biohybrid system for explosives detection . in A Badnjevic , R Škrbić & L Gurbeta Pokvić (eds) , CMBEBIH 2019 : Proceedings of the International Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering, 16 ̶̶ 18 May 2019, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina . IFMBE Proceedings , vol. 73 , Springer , Cham , pp. 185-192 , International Conference on Medical and BIological Engineering (CMBEBIH 2019) , Banja Luka , Bosnia and Herzegovina , 16/05/19 . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17971-7_29
 
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CMBEBIH 2019
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17971-7_29
ISSN
1680-0737
Type
Conference item
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© 2020, Springer Nature Switzerland AG. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher's policies. This is the author created accepted version manuscript following peer review and as such may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17971-7_29
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/19908

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