SBIR/STTR Research Award
SONOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS FOR RAPID DETECTION OF VARROA MITES AND OTHER PATHOLOGIES WITHOUT OPENING THE BEEHIVE
Award amount
$350,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2009Award 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
- Not reported
Research abstract
Beekeeping is a billion dollar industry, of which honey production plays only a small part. Most beekeepers make their money with crop pollination, charging up to $120 per hive for this service. Crop growers want healthy, strong colonies. It takes a skilled beekeeper about 10 minutes to inspect a colony; the Colony Health Scanner performs the same function in about 2 minutes, and can be operated by relatively unskilled labor. The bee keeping operation with a Colony Health Scanner will be more efficient, save money, and provide healthier bees.
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.
- AUTOMOMOUS REPORTING AND TRACKING OF PESTICIDE INCIDENTS IN HONEY BEE COLONIES
- 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.
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