Scanning & analysing individual bee (Apis mellifera L.) behavior using RFID

A complete system to make real-time flight entrance observations possible is described. The system consists of:RFID reader covering the flight entrance of a colony in a standard hive (25 cm wide). Each passing tagged bee is detected. ID, day, time is stored in the database and shown via the webinterface.ApiScan covering the same entrance width; giving in and out flight-activity on an individual basis.Camera allowing a permanent remote observation and registration of behavior at the flight entrance.Weather station registering air temperature, air humidity, wind velocity and direction, rain.The equipment and the data storage allows an in-depth analysis of the flight behavior of the worker bees during the measuring period or the lifespan of a worker bee.Keywords: honeybee, RFID tags, foraging behavior, automatic monitorin