CAREER: Enhancing Honey Bee Health and Productivity through Vibroacoustic and Electric Field Diagnostics

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Abstract

This Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award supports research, education, and outreach activities dedicated to understanding and improving the health and swarming behavior of honeybee colonies. Honeybees are essential pollinators, supporting over 35 percent of global crop production and contributing $15 billion annually to the US agricultural economy. Despite their importance, bee populations face significant declines due to environmental stressors such as pesticides, pathogens, and climate change. Research activities under this award will focus on creating novel diagnostic methodologies that integrate vibroacoustic and electric field measurements to monitor the health of bee colonies. These methodologies aim to reduce labor costs and increase the effectiveness of beekeeping practices. Educational activities will engage students in bioinspired engineering through hands-on experiences and create graduate-level course modules covering vibroacoustics, mathematical modeling, and signal processing. Outreach activities will disseminate findings to academic and beekeeping communities, enhancing the societal relevance of bioinspired engineering systems while broadly promoting STEM education. This research aims to develop a new methodology to accurately assess the dynamic responses of honeybee colonies to external stressors and environmental changes, including prediction of the swarming behavior triggered by the arrival of new queens. The approach combines mathe

Key facts

NSF award ID
2438295
Awardee
North Dakota State University Fargo (ND)
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PI
Sulaymon Eshkabilov
Primary program
01002526DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
All programs
Dynamical systems, Artificial Intelligence (AI), CAREER-Faculty Erly Career Dev, EXP PROG TO STIM COMP RES
Estimated total
$650,000
Funds obligated
$650,000
Transaction type
Standard Grant
Period
07/01/2025 → 06/30/2030