Honey bee vibration monitoring using the 805M1 accelerometer

In this work we demonstrate that the 805M1 single axis analogue output accelerometer can be used to monitor honey bee activity and requires only a low cost microcontroller with an audio shield to log the data. We present accelerometer output signals demonstrating the ability to capture individual honey bee ‘whooping’ signals as well as long term amplitude monitoring, indicating the brood cycle, using this affordable measurement system.