A method for mining combined data from in-hive sensors, weather and apiary inspections to forecast the health status of honey bee colonies

Bees are the main pollinators of most insect-pollinated wild plant species and are essential for the maintenance of plant ecosystems and food production. However, over the past three decades they have been suffering from numerous health challenges, including changes in habitat, pollutants and toxins, pests and diseases, and competition for resources. An attempt to mitigate this problem is to estimate the health status of colonies and indicate an...