The health of bee hives could be monitored by a data collection system developed by a graduate student at Canada ’s Simon Fraser University . Oldooz Pooyanfar used microphones and humidity and temperature sensors to collect real environmental data from within hives . With sufficient data , a neural network could be trained to assess potential threats , helping to combat afflictions such as colony collapse ##s . org , whose work is funded by the Mitacs Accelerate programme , hopes that a custom - manufactured sensor package could reduce costs for the system .
The health of bee hives could be monitored by a data collection system developed by a graduate student at Canada’s Simon Fraser University. Oldooz Pooyanfar used microphones and humidity and temperature sensors to collect real time data from within hives. With sufficient data, a neural network could be trained to assess potential problems, helping to combat afflictions such as colony collapse disorder. Pooyanfar, whose work is funded by the Mitacs Accelerate programme, hopes that a custom-manufactured sensor package could reduce costs for the system.