AgriEngineering • Vol 5 • No 4
Detection of Varroa destructor Infestation of Honeybees Based on Segmentation and Object Detection Convolutional Neural Networks
September 2023 • Mochen Liu, Mingshi Cui, Baohua Xu, Zhenguo Liu, Zhenghao Li, Zhenyuan Chu, Xinshan Zhang, Guanlu Liu, Xiaoli Xu, Yinfa Yan
Varroa destructor infestation is a major factor leading to the global decline of honeybee populations. Monitoring the level of Varroa mite infestation in order to take timely control measures is crucial for the protection of bee colonies. Machine vision systems can achieve non-invasive Varroa mite detection on bee colonies, but it is challenged by two factors: the complex dynamic scenes of honeybees and small-scale and limited data on Varroa destructor. We design a convolutional neural network integrated with mach…