Project description - Description of the Work Packages
The B-GOOD project is composed of ten integrated and interconnected work packages (WPs), where each WP has a set of specific and clearly defined objectives.
WP5 is establishing the relationship between environmental, biological and management drivers and bee health status, to be incorporated into a holistic predictive simulation model of bee colonies in a range of agricultural landscapes.
In order to achieve this, WP5 receives data originating from other WPs:
- WP1: bee health indicators from the colony
- WP3: digital phonological maps of pollen and nectar resources for major land-use types
- WP4: socio-economic data and business models for sustainability of beekeeping.
In WP1, data acquisition occurs preferentially in an automated way, using the BEEP pro remote sensor device, in addition to manual data entry and laboratory analyses. Novel tests and tools for health monitoring are being developed in WP2. In WP6 we utilise and further expand the classification of the open source IT-application for digital beekeeping, BEEP, to streamline the flow of data related to beekeeping management, the beehive and its environment (landscape, agricultural practices, weather and climate) from various sources. This feeds the EU-wide bee health and management data platform that is being established. WP8 focusses on the engagement of and the collaboration between multiple actors from various beekeeping systems within the EU. In order to maximize the impact of research WP7 is dedicated to dissemination and exploitation of the results of B-GOOD. Finally, coordination and project management resorts under WP9, and WP10 is dealing with ethical issues.
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