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<div class="">On Tuesday, October 18th at 4PM, the Center for Data
Science at UMass will be hosting a Data Science Tea featuring Dr.
Frank Linton on the subject of high-tech approaches for honeybee
health monitoring. Venue is room 150/151 in the Computer Science
Building at 140 Governors Drive.</div>
<font class="" face="Arial"><b class=""><br>
Title</b>: Data Analytics for Honey Bee Health <o:p class=""></o:p></font>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font class="" face="Arial"><b class="">Abstract</b>:
The pollination services that honey bees provide are essential
to the nation’s food supply. Yet commercial beekeepers may lose
half their colonies in a given year from pathogens, parasites,
pesticides, and predators. </font><span style="font-family:
Arial;" class="">The technology needed to sense conditions
within beehives and transmit early warnings of problems to
beekeepers exists. These monitoring systems are for early
adopters, as data is presented in charts and graphs, leaving
interpretation of its meaning to the beekeeper. Still, these
systems have begun to produce large data sets. </span><span
style="font-family: Arial;" class="">What is missing now is
software to interpret the video, audio, weight, temperature,
odor, CO</span><sub style="font-family: Arial;" class="">2</sub><span
style="font-family: Arial;" class="">, etc., data streams to
inform beekeepers that each colony is healthy and productive, or
if not, what the nature of the problem might be. For this task,
advanced data analytics methods appear to be called for.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font class="" face="Arial"><b class="">Bio</b>:
Frank Linton, Ed.D. (UMass, Amherst, 1995), retired artificial
intelligence engineer, has kept honey bees since 2005. An
EAS-Certified Master Beekeeper, his main interest is in finding
ways to use remote sensing technologies to monitor and improve
honey bee colony health and productivity. Frank first monitored
his colonies with economical indoor-outdoor thermometers and
mechanical bathroom scales when winter weather prevented him
from opening his colonies to inspect them. <span
style="background-color: white; background-position: initial
initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">Author
of <i class="">The Observation Hive Handbook</i>, maintainer
of the websites </span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CFrank%5CDocuments%5C2016%5CBees%202016%5CUMASS%20Presentation%202016%5Cthebeepeeker.com"
class=""><span style="background:white" class="">thebeepeeker.com</span></a><span
style="background-color: white; background-position: initial
initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""> and </span><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://colonymonitoring.com"
class=""><span style="background:white" class="">colonymonitoring.com</span></a><span
style="background-color: white; background-position: initial
initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">, </span>contributor
to beekeeping magazines, <span style="background-color: white;
background-position: initial initial; background-repeat:
initial initial;" class="">invited speaker at beekeeping
associations and civic groups, and mentor to new beekeepers,
Frank runs a few hives on his suburban deck and hosts one, a
glass observation hive, in his dining room.</span></font> <o:p
class=""></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p class=""> </o:p>Anyone can attend, but
RSVPs would be welcome.<br>
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<div class=""><b class="">Brant A. Cheikes</b></div>
<div class="">Executive Director</div>
<div class="">Center for Data Science</div>
<div class="">University of Massachusetts Amherst</div>
<div class="">140 Governors Drive</div>
<div class="">Computer Science Building, Room 228</div>
<div class=""><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:bcheikes@umass.edu" class="">bcheikes@umass.edu</a></div>
<div class=""><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://ds.cs.umass.edu" class="">ds.cs.umass.edu</a></div>
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Sarah Partan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Animal Behavior
School of Cognitive Science
Hampshire College
Amherst, MA 01002
partan"at"hampshire(dot)edu
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://helios.hampshire.edu/~srpCS/">http://helios.hampshire.edu/~srpCS/</a>
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