Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland.
Sensors (Basel). 2021 Jun 10;21(12):4019. doi: 10.3390/s21124019.
The basis of effective beekeeping is the information about the state of the bee colony. A rich source of respective information is beehive air. This source may be explored by applying gas sensing. It allows for classifying bee colony states based on beehive air measurements. In this work, we discussed the essential aspects of beehive air sampling and sensing device operation in apicultural applications. They are the sampling method (diffusive vs. dynamic, temporal aspects), sampling system (sample probe, sampling point selection, sample conditioning unit and sample delivery system) and device operation mode ('' operation). It was demonstrated how factors associated with the beehive, bee colony and ambient environment define prerequisites for these elements of the measuring instrument. These requirements have to be respected in order to assure high accuracy of measurement and high-quality information. The presented results are primarily based on the field measurement study performed in summer 2020, in three apiaries, in various meteorological conditions. Two exemplars of a prototype gas sensing device were used. These sensor devices were constructed according to our original concept.
养蜂的基础是关于蜂群状况的信息。蜂巢空气是各自信息的丰富来源，可以通过气体感应来探索。这可以根据蜂巢空气测量对蜂群状态进行分类。在这项工作中，我们讨论了在养蜂应用中蜂巢空气采样和感应装置操作的基本方面。它们是采样方法（扩散与动态，时间方面）、采样系统（探针、采样点选择、样品调节单元和样品输送系统）和装置操作模式（''操作）。展示了与蜂箱、蜂群和环境相关的因素如何定义测量仪器这些要素的前提条件。为了确保测量的高精度和高质量的信息，必须遵守这些要求。所呈现的结果主要基于 2020 年夏季在三个养蜂场进行的现场测量研究，在各种气象条件下进行。使用了两个原型气体感应装置的示例。这些传感器装置是根据我们的原始概念构建的。
