Real-time System Implementation for Bee Hives Weight Measurement

Honey bees are useful insects known for their positive effect on the human daily life. The recent increase in bee mortality has gathered the interest of the scientific community that is trying to find a motivation and a solution to this phenomenon. One way is to develop a system for continuous monitoring and automatic analysis of the beehive health and a key aspect of these systems is the weight measurement of the hive that can provide several insights. The work presented here aims at developing a real-time system for bee hives weight measurement. Several experimental results have been collected from a real field deployment, demonstrating the effectiveness of the proposed approach in identifying specific situations.