SBIR/STTR Research Award

Honey Bee Queen Presence Indicator for Certification of Non-Africanization

Award identifier 456e85aa42ee21cff8decb0897a75e9253b08ea6e405ad7e19013a1a065c3838Awarding agency Department of Agriculture

Award amount

$50,000

Program and phase

SBIR · Phase I

Award year

1996

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Award details

Awarding agency
Department of Agriculture
Branch
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Recipient company
Humbug Mountain Research
Proposal award date
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Contract end date
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Solicitation number
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Topic code
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Research abstract

The Royal Presence Certifier (RPC) provides the beekeeper with a device for determining that the European honey bee queen which was initially resident in a managed hive remains present without the beekeeper having to open the hive for inspection. The RPC functions by sensing the movement of a tag (glued to the dorsum of the queen's thorax) passing by a sensor located within the hive. The feasibility of the RPC to certify the presence of the marked queen, thus excluding the possibility of an Africanized queen, will be proven with a work plan that includes construction and testing of a brassboard version of the RPC. The testing includes both laboratory tests and field testing with active hives.

Technology keywords

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Agency intelligence

Department of Agriculture

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