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Save the Bees Mystery Prizes

2023-07-28T04:52:53Z

I received a prize package from element14 today that included both the finisher prize and a mystery prize for my project on saving bees: Here is a video showing what was in the mystery package.... https://youtu.be/mRuHfhQ-lt0 Here is a link to my pr...(read more)

Save the Bees Design Challenge - Finisher's Prize

2023-07-27T04:37:39Z

I received my finisher's prize yesterday. It wasn't the Bee Hotel that I was expecting, but an "equivalent" Insect Hotel. I'll admit that I was initially disappointed because I was expecting to see something that was mor...(read more)

Saving the bees old style - part 3

2023-07-09T18:33:03Z

The sun came out between thunderstorms here and the garden was soon like an airport again, so I thought I would try some different techniques for some close-up shots of bees. The results are in the gallery below. {gallery}Close-ups of ...(read more)

Saving the bees old style - part 2

2023-07-07T21:46:28Z

Getting closer to nature. It was a busy day for the bees in the garden today; you might even say it was a hive of activity perhaps ? Wind dropped a bit but still a bit tricky for close-ups. {gallery}Getting closer to nature IMAGE TITLE:...(read more)

Saving the bees old style

2023-07-05T18:33:00Z

I thought I'd share the results of my low-tech save the bees project with you. The rain stopped and the sun came out but it was a bit windy and these plants sway a lot. {gallery}Bees on Allium sphaerocephalon IMAGE TITLE: THEN IMAGE DESCR...(read more)

Bees at Work in Oregon - Revisited

2023-06-13T22:02:47Z

Back in March around the start of the Save the Bees Challenge, I had encountered a honey bee hive in a greenspace near an office building - Bees at Work in Oregon. Today, while I was out walking the older granddog, we walked by that same beehive...(read more)

Winners - Save The Bees Design Challenge

2023-05-17T15:38:41Z

Save the Bees - IoT Bee Hive Monitor - blog 5

2023-04-29T07:57:47Z

Welcome to the #blog5 of IoT Bee Hive monitor. In the previous blog, we created a classification model to detect bees and implemented bee count using the FOMO object detection model. In this blog, we will discuss the bee colo...(read more)

04 Blog: "Be the Savior for BEE the Savior" - Software and Final Setup

2023-04-28T20:30:44Z

So now my Arduino MKR Wan start sending data and also ESP32 and LoRa: Ra-02 start taking it with just receiving code. Analysis of honey BeeHive Here I am going to showcase and discuss the software part and the final project. The Co...(read more)

05 Blog: "Be the Savior for BEE the Savior" - The Closure

2023-04-28T18:59:33Z

With this passing time, season changed. It's monsoon in my country now. During monsoon, flowers start to decrease. As a result, getting accurate and enriched data becomes difficult. I had to face hard times collecting proper information regarding my ...(read more)

Sugar Shaking - a passive method to detect and remove external parasites in honey bee

2023-04-28T18:33:22Z

Detecting external parasites such as Varroa mites is very important To save The bees. In this Project, In this project, I have to build a smart hive, in the hive entry I created a bee counter system using IR LED and Photodiode. once the b...(read more)

03 Blog: "Be the Savior for BEE the Savior" - Connecting Hardwire

2023-04-28T17:55:24Z

Since I'm facing some problems such as-1. There is no Gateway server opened for MKR WAN in my country, 2. The frequency (868-915 MHz) is also restricted in my country for public use. So, My strategy to transmit data is using "Peer to Peer connection...(read more)

Blog 4# Deploying Edge Impulse AI to OpenMV IDE

2023-04-28T16:22:37Z

Edge impulse can be deployed in OpenMV IDE to run on the Arduino Nicla Vision hardware a set by set is given in the below link https://docs.edgeimpulse.com/docs/deployment/running-your-impulse-openmv (read more)

Blog 5# Result and Conclusion

2023-04-28T16:21:31Z

The bees are tracked using the Nicla Vision hardware in the serial terminal the Honey bees are recognized. community.element14.com/.../Bees-Monitor.mp4(read more)

Bog 2# Hunting for the Nector and pollen's by bees

2023-04-28T15:47:54Z

The major food for the bees is the pollens and nector which are product from the flowers of the plants . The pollens were available from the Sunflowers during the seasons of flowers farmer use to place the bee hives during those period for poll...(read more)