3D bees! -Scanned Beehive bee life unveiled live in 3D

Entomologist mark Greco and his colleagues at Swiss bee Research Centre in Bern, Switzerland and scientists at the University of bath, headed by Professor Cathryn Mitchell and Dr. Manuchehr Soleimani are pioneering a new way of looking at the inside of a beehive.

3D inner Beehive image
The technique is diagnostic Radioentomology (DR) referred to a number of 3D scans hive. These images create a live picture of whats going on in the hive, i.e., we gain can do a better insight into what the bees behind closed doors. These live images of x-ray computer tomography can also be used, to pursue individual bees within the structure thus tracking the Queen give again produces a better insight into your movements.

Mr. Greco said the BBC, as interviewed, "The approach is non-invasive and change their normal Behaviour…..""We can accurately assess the number of bees and where you are at the time of the scan."

Researchers work this new technology bring 3D is hopefully clearer pictures, to improve and more accurately measure volumes of pollen, wax and honey within a structure the honeybee population.

Scientists work University of bath allow the hive to new computer models that influence hopefully better evaluation of parasites and pathogens.

"Because the method is extremely accurate, we are looking for are critical thresholds of pathogens and parasite loads and loss of food resources, populations can be recovered bee that," Mr. Greco stated who completes his PhD thesis.

"[We will also investigate] could interact as pathogens such as mites, viruses, bacteria and fungi, both among themselves and with environmental or stressors, decline or collapse producing colony."

The team also hopes that the new imaging could indicate what reduce the number of other solitary bee species.

"Many solitary bees feed on same floral resources those some of honeybees, suffer the same pathogens such as fungal infestations in their nests."

The UK is biotechnology biological of Sciences Research Council, together with the British Government spend and the decline of bees, some of this money might well be £ 10 million on the research output to these new techniques for greater insight into the inner workings of beehives promotion.

See a video of the 3D images on the BBC News website here

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