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** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** USDA-ARS TUCSON, AZ HAS ACQUIRED A VAST RESERVOIR OF MULTI-SENSOR DATA, INCLUDING THOUSANDS OF FRAME PHOTOGRAPHS AND MILLIONS OF SENSOR MEASUREMENTS, FROM FIELD EXPERIMENTS WITH MANAGED HONEY BEE COLONIES. THE RESERVOIR IS A LOOSE COLLECTION OF IMAGE DIRECTORIES, CSV FILES, EXCEL SPREADSHEETS, AND DIGITAL HIVE INSPECTION TEXT LOGS. THE PROJECT WILL EXPLORE AND EXPLOIT THIS RESERVOIR AND MAKE IT PUBLIC AS A CURATED DATASET FOR THE U.S. PRECISION APICULTURE COMMUNITY. THE PROJECT WILL USE DATA-DRIVEN AI TO DESIGN, TRAIN, AND EVALUATE ON THE CURATED DATASET AUTOMATED DIGITAL FRAME ANALYSIS TOOLS AS WELL AS PREDICTIVE MODELS TO ANTICIPATE THE FUTURE STATUS OF COLONIES FROM NON-INVASIVE SENOR DATA SERIES ALIGNED WITH BEEKEEPER OBSERVATIONS.

$435,178FY2024National Institute of Food and AgricultureUSDA

Utah State University, Logan UT

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