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Small animals monitoring

Registration and management system for bees. Sensor technology in the beehive, RFID bee identification for research, mini transponders and the appropriate software.

microsensys is a trusted partner to various research institutions already many years. Our mini-TAGs are used all over the world to determine biodiversity.

We are constantly working on intelligent solutions that allow more insight into animal behavior. With the RFID mic®3 technology from microsensys, small animals, preferably insects, can be identified. Successful research projects have already been carried out with bees and clawed frogs (Xenopus). Moreover, successful identification was realized with bumblebees, hornets, mice, ants, spiders, fish or animal specimens is also conceivable. In principle, the use of mic3®technology makes a sense, if the transponder weight should be less than 5 mg. The mic®3 transponder has a size of 2 mm³ and the reading distance can be maintained of up to a maximum of 5 mm.

Bees monitoring- and managementsystem

The iID®bee System is a collective term for the iID®science & iID®inspect solutions, that are suitable for beekeepers, small businesses or research institutions. The new system has been designed in such way that it is very easy to set up and manage. The main components of this system are the multifunctional RFID transponders, TELID® sensors, mobile reading devices or RFID antennas. The advantages of this system are the optimization of costs and time by ..

 

The advantages of this system are the optimization of costs and time by ..

  • wireless and uncomplicated setup
  • constant expansion of the bee colonies and increasing the honey harves through stress-free controls
  • reduction in administrative expenses (faster response to problems thanks to intelligent software and simplified determination of harvest times)
  • creation of movement profiles of each bee or  bee colony
  • prevention of swarm instinct
  • determination of attractive and profitable locations
Thanks to mic3®technology, RFID antennas and the software, the data will be corresponding with a time stamp and forwarded to your local data system (computer). In this case, you will be able find out the absence times of the animals, find out how long the bees have spent in the beehive, can mark the bee queen and will be able to control she.
If you want to have a transparency in your bee-hive, without sensor wires or battery-based sensors, then TELID® sensors are the right choice. Using a mobile reader or the APP you collect the data and are able to transfer it to the cloud or internal storage.

Bee identification for research

The mic3®Q1.6 mini transponder allows easy and stress-free tagging each bee individual. The data is collected with the associated one- / unidirection and wide antennas as well as the corresponding software. In order to let you know what the little animals do the whole day.

 

Mini-Transponder mic3®Q1.6: the new generation mic3®Q1.6 is one of the smallest RFID Transponder in the world. With the measuring of 1.6x1.6x0.4 mm³, it was specially designed for tagging bees and other small animals with worldwide unique ID.
PENsolid: sturby PEN-style Bluetooth™ RFID reader for mobile maintenance with tag read/write and sensors data capture functionalities.
The system: Our outdoor antennas can be attached to the hive with just a few screws - so the transponders can be read from above (Roof Antenna Holder, left) or below (Plane Antenna Holder, right).
IID®controller: integrated RFID reader for data capture with sensor monitoring software. It has 1GB RAM and 2 antenna outputs. All data are stored on the BeeID storage .
iID® Reader Block: The combination of mountable antenna holder and slide-in reader block protects the reader module from environmental influences. The reader detects and identifies every bee that leaves or enters the hive.
iID®bee Software: allows data acquisition, sorting and storage connected to the iID®bee controller. For further data processing connect BeeID storage on your PC or on Laptop.

Wireless solution for beehives

An eternal question: "Should the beekeeper open the beehive for the inspection or not?" Research by the researchers showed that beehive inspections are not very resource-efficient. Every time when the beehive will be opened, there is a loss of honey yield of up to one kilo.

Checking the temperature, humidity and weight are routine. The well-being of the bees is extremely important to us, thats why the microsensys team developed a completely wireless and stress-free system solution for monitoring the beehives. The bees are no longer disturbed. This strengthen their defenses and protect them against pests. Regular temperature controls allow you to register in good time whether the bee colonies  have enough space, if the queen is in danger or whether are bee colonies going well. The mobile app called iID®bee APP is a reliable helper for beekeepers who want to work mobile and efficient.

HIVE-TAG iID: Sensor-Transponder for identification and another physical data which allow precisely data acquisition and transfer to the reader. POCKETwork reader is recommended.
HIVE-TAG TELID: passiv Senortransponder is intended for measuring the hive's external temperature. We recommend to use POCKETwork reader from microsensys.
COMB-TAG iID: Sensor-Transponder enable data acquisition for identification and temperature without disturbing the bees inside the hive with POCKETwork from outside.
POCKETwork: this reader is a perfect mobile read-write reader with integrated user memory for data capturing and components supporting for iID®inspect. All information will be shown on the display and can later be transferred to the internal user memory.
iID®bee APP: the mobile App is very helpful App for beekeepers who will work mobile and efficient. Even without an internet connection, the mobile recording and synchronization of the collected data is possible.
[Translate to Englisch:] iID®bee Software: erlaubt eine Visualisierung, Sortierung und Speicherung an den POCKETwork angesammelten Daten. Für die Datenbearbeitung schließen Sie POCKETwork via Bluetooth oder USB einfach an Ihren PC oder Laptop an.

Joint project between University of Würzburg and microsensys GmbH

Supported by: Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture; Developer:  Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food  Agricultural Rentenbank; Cooperation: we4bee - https://we4bee.org, Julius-Maximilians University Würzburg