This is the First Call for Papers, Exhibits, and Demonstrations of Hive AND Bee Monitoring Methods, Equipment, and Research. Topic Areas include, but are not limited to: Scale Hives, Hive Sensors, Hive Communications (wireless, phone, and satellite), Infrared Imaging of Hives and Bees, Bee and Colony Acoustics, Radiofrequency Identification Tags for Bees and Hives, Bee Tracking and Mapping Using Sound, Video, Harmonic Radar, Radar, or Lidar.
The multi-day workshop will be held in association with the Annual meeting of the Western Apicultural Society (September 18-19) and the Missoula Honey Festival (September 20). The Workshops start Wednesday, Sept 17. The Trade Show runs September 18 and 19th. Colonies of bees and hives will be made available on Saturday, September 20, for field demonstrations of equipment and technologies.
Modern Technologies are posed to revolutionize bee research and management. In the two years since the first Workshop on Hive Monitoring, the number of individuals and firms engaged in this new discipline have increased dramatically. It is time to seriously consider establishing a Society. The purpose of this Workshop is to share information, discuss issues such as standards and compatibilities, identify barriers, information gaps, and challenges posed by such disruptive technologies as introducing electronics into bee research and management, and explore research and business opportunities and potential partnerships.
We cordially invite you to join us for a few days in Montana. In order to help us organize and scope the size of the Hive and Bee Monitoring Workshop, please forward proposed presentation titles, suggestions for topics, and whether you wish to also be an exhibitor as part of the WAS Trade Show. Send these to Jerry Bromenshenk at (beeresearch@aol.com or jerry.bromenshenk@mso.umt.edu). In the meantime, we are in the process of setting up registration and information on the Western Apicultural Society’s (http://ucanr.edu/sites/was2/Conference_Information/) and Frank Linton’s Colony Monitoring websites (http://colonymonitoring.com). We are also setting up a List Server for the Hive and Bee Monitoring Community.
Plan on coming to Montana for an engaging and informative meeting and for a mini-vacation. Missoula, Montana is a University and Outdoor Recreational town located in the Rocky Mountains of the USA. We are 2 hours from Glacier National Park, about an hour from the National Bison Range and Flathead Lake, and a half hour from Yellowstone National Park.