Multi Dimensional Honey Bee Foraging Algorithm Based on Optimal Energy Consumption

Saritha, R.; Chandra, Satish

doi:10.1007/s40031-017-0294-4

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“…European honeybees, Apis mellifera, are known to share foraging information via waggle dances to direct workers towards high quality floral resources [57][58][59]. Honeybees adhere closely to optimal foraging theory, selectively visiting flowers to maximize their efficiency and return, making them strong indicators of floral resource quality [60][61][62]. Pollen analyzed from honeybees collected on L. squamatum, E. pinifolia, and B. pilularis yielded over 92% specificity to the plant they were captured on in all cases (over 99% for B. pilularis and E. pinifolia), indicating these shrubs were being selectively targeted for their pollen by honeybees.…”

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Flower-Visiting Insect Assemblages on Fall-Blooming Native California Sage Scrub Shrubs

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Pollinator studies in the endangered California sage scrub ecosystem have focused on spring insect assemblages, when most plant species bloom. Consequently, the insect assemblages using common fall-blooming sage scrub shrubs Lepidospartum squamatum, Ericameria pinifolia, and Baccharis pilularis remain undescribed. Our study aimed to: (1) document flower-visiting insect assemblages on fall-blooming shrubs, (2) assess the efficacy of three sampling techniques in inventorying insect assemblages, and (3) explore, using DNA metabarcoding, which plants are utilized and the extent to which surrounding suburban habitats’ plants are also used. While elevated sampling is required to inventory flower-visiting insects, we describe a diverse assemblage consisting of 123 species. Insect assemblages differed between L. squamatum and B. pilularis, as well as, E. pinifolia and B. pilularis, but not between L. squamatum and E. pinifolia. Direct sampling approaches (netting and photo documentation) collected 115 species not collected by passive malaise traps, highlighting that active observations are required to describe flower-visiting insect assemblages. Sequencing the ITS2 region of pollen from abundant visitors revealed that a majority of pollen is from the sage scrub ecosystem, highlighting its value. Our results indicate that the presence of fall-blooming shrubs may be critical for maintaining diverse sage scrub insect and pollinator assemblages.

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Flower-Visiting Insect Assemblages on Fall-Blooming Native California Sage Scrub Shrubs

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“…The electric power required to operate self-driving cars is supplied from batteries. Batteries have two main problems which are: recharging [3]- [7] and lifetime duration [8]- [11]. One way to provide electric vehicles with an endless power supply is by using renewable energies.…”

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Design and analysis of a new brake-by-wire system using machine learning

Hassanein

Dawod

Hassan

2023

IJECE

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One of the main aims of the recent research on brake-by-wire systems is to decrease mechanical components. In this paper, we propose replacing the brake pedal with a driving wheel that is fully covered by pressure braking batch sensors. The new mechanism for braking translates pressure exerted through the driver’s hands on the driving wheel to a corresponding electrical signal. A proposed design for the pressure braking batch (PBB) is made out of a mesh of conducting threads separated by a resistive sheet. To the best of our knowledge, this idea has not been raised before in other research papers. Different people have different muscle strengths and so the problem of identifying the intention of the user when pressing the PBB is tackled. For this aim, a new dataset of its kind is created by several volunteers. From each volunteer, age, gender, body mass index (BMI), and maximum pressure exerted on the driving wheel are collected. Using Weka software, the detection accuracy is calculated for a new volunteer to know the intention of his/her pressure on PBB. Among the three algorithms tried, the regression tree gives the best results in predicting the class of the pressure exerted by the volunteers.

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“…Best practices in beekeeping and pollination management lead to increased crop yields [1]. Placing the beehives near to agricultural fields with flowering cultivated plant species, where honey yield largely depends on the correct design approach, is crucial for optimizing the efficiency of bees in pollination and production of bee products [2]. To optimize the number of bee colonies and apiary sites, there are mathematical models [3] that partially solve the problem of bee nutrition in overloading areas by choosing the best option from several available alternatives.…”

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Approach to design sequence of field melliferous crops taking into account use of agricultural machinery

Atanasov

Vezirov

2021

20th International Scientific Conference Engineering for Rural Development Proceedings

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An approach for mutually beneficial solving the issues of providing melliferous plants for honey bees and optimizing the necessary equipment and its use is presented. The plants must be included in appropriate crop rotations and pollinated by bees. To ensure strong bee colonies, field crops, varieties and hybrids with high potential nectar yields, overlapping flowering periods, with different vegetation durations and different sowing dates are offered. At the same time, appropriate land management projects take into account climatic and meteorological conditions, too. Possible solutions are illustrated with graphs of expected nectar productivity, need for machinery, staff, fuel in a production year. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is reported in two directions: on the one hand, the benefit for farmers growing agricultural crops is shown in terms of reducing the need for machinery, increasing the employment of service personnel for socially, economically and environmentally sustainable agriculture. On the other hand, the benefit for beekeepers corresponding area is expressed in providing pollen and nectar for bees throughout the honey harvest period, good stocking of bee colonies with honey, reduction of harmful effects of overpopulation with bee colonies, lower feeding costs, for transport and maintenance, high yields of bee products. The approach is suitable for application in flat-hilly areas with predominantly arable agricultural lands and, at the same time, with insignificant areas covered by forest and meadow flowering vegetation.

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Multi Dimensional Honey Bee Foraging Algorithm Based on Optimal Energy Consumption

Cited by 14 publications

References 10 publications

Flower-Visiting Insect Assemblages on Fall-Blooming Native California Sage Scrub Shrubs

Flower-Visiting Insect Assemblages on Fall-Blooming Native California Sage Scrub Shrubs

Design and analysis of a new brake-by-wire system using machine learning

Approach to design sequence of field melliferous crops taking into account use of agricultural machinery

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