/challenges-projects/design-challenges/sci-pi-design-challenge/b/blog/posts/pollinator-pollster-part-7-up-and-runningPollinator Pollster This is going to be a technically-focused blog, walking through each major system element in the detection process, which I wanted to cover in detail now that the prototype sensor is &#39;live&#39; and installed in the garden for ...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/sci-pi-design-challenge/b/blog/posts/pollinator-pollster-part-7-up-and-runningFri, 30 Jun 2023 18:09:57 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:a0cb5856-43b2-4589-be7e-b16e9fb0d2e1beacon_dave1<blockquote> <p><em>&quot;...This approach is used (rather than reporting how many detections occurred within the time window, as an individual bee may be detected multiple times, and that would lead to a very misleading count...&quot;</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Knowing what to count can be a challenge.</p> <p>The tree bumblebees I have here appear tend to do repeated circuits. They will leave the nest, fly around the garden and return to the nest. A few minutes later they will leave the nest again and do the same circuit. However, last year at peak times I was getting up to around 50 bees at a time on the flowers.</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=26309&AppID=402&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/sci-pi-design-challenge/b/blog/posts/pollinator-pollster-part-7-up-and-runningThu, 29 Jun 2023 19:47:00 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:a0cb5856-43b2-4589-be7e-b16e9fb0d2e1DAB1<p>Nice update.</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=26309&AppID=402&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">