Mima bee inspection tool

[alldigging]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-29245299

Kit to inspect a beehive without having to open it up.

The measuring instrument is inserted into the hive, and then a pneumatic system allows the apiarist to select a single bee, which can be examined in isolation at length.

The idea is that this minimises disruption to the hive's climate, reducing the risk that the other insects will stop work.

The creators suggest Mima could be used to understand the increase in bee colony collapses.

 

[ratcatcher]

have I been asleep, is it 1st april

 

[thorn]

Where's the fun in using that?

Anyway, are we in the UK (as it is for at least a few more hours) really suffering from CCD? Yes we have some problems with diseases and varroa, and beginners sometimes lose a colony as they haven't fed bees adequately during the winter, but colony collapse disorder? It's just lazy journalism by those who have never been able to get over the trip they made to the USA during their student years, and think that anything American must be global.

That said, the device may be a useful tool for bee inspectors and commercial beekeepers, for spotting disease at an early stage. But not for we two hive beeks.

 

[luckyclover]

Really? A single bee. What does that tell anyone?

 

[victor meldrew]

How to select a single be when probe jumped on by angry workers ?
VM


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[itma]

How to select a single be when probe jumped on by angry workers ?
VM

Unfortunately, "design students" will continue to be given bee-related projects.
And continue to add 'visual flair' to fundamentally utterly impractical concepts …