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SONIC DIGITIZER AS AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD TO ASSESS HONEY BEE (HYMENOPTERA: APIDAE) COLONY DYNAMICS
Citation:
Bromenshenk, J. AND N. Lockwood-Ogan. SONIC DIGITIZER AS AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD TO ASSESS HONEY BEE (HYMENOPTERA: APIDAE) COLONY DYNAMICS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-94/512.
Description:
Areas of comb can be used to assess qualities of honey bee, Apis mellifera L., colony dynamics such as brood rearing, hoarding behavior, and food stores. isual estimates, grid overlays, photography, and combinations of these methods have been used to approximate measurements of comb areas. he development of portable computers with graphics and large data storage capabilities, along with the advent of the sonic digitizer, enables researchers to perform these measurements in the field. cientific data manipulation software provides basic statistics and data transformations. he information can be stored in both graphic and numeric form. igitizing data in the field improves accuracy and precision and reduces overall time spent compiling and assessing data.