SMART STINGLESS BEEHIVE INTERNET BASED MONITORING SYSTEM

Abstract

Australia, South America, Africa, and Malaysia tropical and subtropical terrain can locate over 500 species of stingless bee including Apidae, Hymenoptera, and Meliponini. There are two genera most commonly subdue across the board which are Melipona and Trigona. More familiar called as ‘Lebah Kelulut’, Malaysia reportedly has 33 species of stingless bees. Problem statement: Due to the lack of monitoring, and traditional management of beekeeping is one of the main reasons why the stingless bee’s beekeeper faced several difficulties in the industry. Methodology: To monitor the parameter of the stingless bee’s hives using MATLAB software is one of the purposes for this research. The parameters that are focused on this research is height between camera and entrance. Also, the background colour of the base. Beekeepers may acquire real-time information from their hives and keep them healthy by monitoring them using the system. Other than that, the research focuses to investigate the method on how to keep track of the number of fly-in and fly-out of the stingless bee at the entrance of the hive. It is due to monitor whether the activeness of the stingless bee which effect the production of the colony. Results: The users able to detect the number of fly-in and fly-out of the stingless bee at the entrance of the hive. Also, able to monitor the stingless beehive real time and recording mode. Last but not least, able to monitor and control the parameter that affected the accuracy of the object detection.