Method and system for detecting the health status of a bumblebee queen based on the number of first workers
By automatically detecting the number of the first batch of worker bees in the early stages of colony development using image recognition algorithms, the problem of difficulty in early assessment of the queen bee's reproductive health status has been solved, enabling early intervention and automated management, and improving the total worker bee production and queen bee lifespan of the colony.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- EAST CHINA AGRI-TECH CENTER OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
- Filing Date
- 2026-04-24
- Publication Date
- 2026-07-17
AI Technical Summary
In existing technologies, the assessment of the reproductive health status of queen bees mainly relies on later observation indicators, which cannot be quickly detected in the early stages of colony development. This results in the inability to intervene and screen early, affecting the pollination capacity and development scale of the colony.
By collecting image data from the early stages of bee colony development, image recognition algorithms are used to automatically identify the number of the first batch of worker bees and compare it with preset values, outputting signals indicating whether the queen bee is healthy, sub-healthy, or abnormal, thus achieving early and automated detection of reproductive health status.
It enables rapid and automated detection in the early stages of bee colony development, provides an early intervention window, increases the total worker bee production and queen bee lifespan, and reduces breeding losses and costs.
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