APIVOX SMART MONITOR. DIFFERENCES IN THE VALUES OF THE SIGNALS IN BROOD CONTROL MODE, IN THE PRESENCE OF OPEN AND SEALED BROOD.

As we mentioned in the book, bees emit vibro-acoustic signals when caring for brood. This does not apply to any type of brood, but only to open brood. Only taking care of it - heating and aeration cause the appearance of vibro-acoustic signals that we can hear, see on the screen of the Apivox Smart Monitor device, and interpret correctly.

 Let's give an example ... We will consider three colonies of bees in the fall, when the brood rearing ends in the colonies ... but not at the same time. This allows us to monitor families in different conditions. Some families have only sealed brood, and some families have both sealed and open brood in different quantities.

In this family, brood hatching is finished. Despite the fact that there are frames with sealed brood, there is practically no care for open brood. The check of the hive shows presence only of the last sealed brood . We do not see eggs and larvae. And the device shows the corresponding diagnostics ... The graph is white, which means that the bees perform all kind of works without any emphasis on brood care. This is a fairly active process and if it is present it immediately becomes noticeable on the diagnostic graph.

In the next hive, the situation is different. Here we see a small amount of open brood - young larvae and eggs. There are very few sealed brood. Apparently the queen finished laying eggs, and then little by little continued it. The presence of an open brood is confirmed by the red peaks on the plot obtained in the Brood Control mode. There is not much open brood and it does not take too much time to care for it. Mostly bees are engaged in other works inside the hive.

In the third hive, the situation is intermediate. Exists both, open and sealed brood. There is still quite a lot of open brood and therefore we see three red peaks on the graph. Bees turn to brood care more often.

The two graphs in hives 1 and 3 were made at different times. It is clearly seen that it is better to check families for the amount of open brood either in the morning or in the late afternoon, when the work on honey collection subsides. Then the readings of the device become more accurate and visual.