SBIR/STTR Research Award
AUTOMOMOUS REPORTING AND TRACKING OF PESTICIDE INCIDENTS IN HONEY BEE COLONIES
Award amount
$100,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2014Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Agriculture
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- BEE ALERT TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- TJEUBBAGLX81
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- 8.13
Research abstract
This project is aimed at helping plant production and protection by providing a means of rapid, autonomous reporting of pesticide incidents impacting honey bee colonies. We propose research leading to the design of an electronic device to monitor bee colonies for exposure to pesticides, specifically neonicotinoids in Phase I, and to remotely notify appropriate parties (e.g., beekeeper, grower, researcher) of the event. Project objectives include research to: 1) subject honey bees to controlled pesticide exposures and record the acoustic responses, 2) construct an Artificial Neural Network to discriminate changes in bee sounds for different chemical categories of pesticides, and 3) design an autonomous system to remotely alert the beekeeper or relevant agency.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- SONOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS FOR RAPID DETECTION OF VARROA MITES AND OTHER PATHOLOGIES WITHOUT OPENING THE BEEHIVE
- SONOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS FOR RAPID DETECTION OF VARROA MITES AND OTHER PATHOLOGIES WITHOUT OPENING THE BEEHIVE
- Honey Bee Fast Response System for Broad Band Detection of Airborne Toxicants.
- Honey Bee Fast Response System for Broad Band Detection of Airborne Toxicants.
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Research funding history
5 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2004–2014). Reported award amounts total $1,373,230. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Agriculture, Department of Defense