Project Description - The B-GOOD project
The overall aim of the 4-year B-GOOD project is to pave the way towards healthy and sustainable beekeeping within the European Union by following a collaborative and interdisciplinary approach. The project aims to test and implement a common index for measuring and reporting honey bee health status (= Health Status Index, HSI). This index will aid risk assessors, authorities and the plant protection and veterinary medicines industries to measure honey bee health status in real time and across geographical locations, as well as evaluating the effect of (beekeeping) management decisions and actions. It is an essential building block for the development of targeted guidance for healthy and sustainable beekeeping. Semi-automated and/or automated hive monitoring will add to its utility by reducing workload and colony disturbance.
The main objectives of B-GOOD are:
• Facilitate decision making for beekeepers and other stakeholders by establishing ready-to-use tools for operationalising the HSI
• Test, standardise and validate methods for measuring and reporting selected indicators affecting bee health
• Explore the various socio-economic and ecological factors beyond bee health
• Foster an EU community to collect and share knowledge related to honey bees and their environment
• Engender a lasting learning and innovation system (LIS)
• Minimise the impact of biotic and abiotic stressors
For more information about this, please visit: www.b-good-project.eu
Giving Beekeeping Guidance by cOmputatiOnal-assisted Decision making (B-GOOD)
Ongoing | 2019-2023
- Main funding source
- Horizon 2020 (EU Research and Innovation Programme)
- Geographical location
- Belgium