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Supply of Temperature-Monitored Bee Hives to Nottingham Trent University

Awarded 02 Jul 2023

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Awarded02 Jul 2023
Value£45,180.00
RegionUnited Kingdom
CategoryAgriculture & Farming
Ended 2y 11mo ago5mo term
Awarded 2 July 2023Expired 30 Nov 2023

Nottingham Trent University (NTU) awarded a contract to PST Sensors Europe Ltd.

for the purchase of six identical honeybee hives equipped with sensors for spatially resolved wireless temperature monitoring of each frame.

The hives were required to match British Standard Hives brood box dimensions, with each frame containing 30 or more homogeneously distributed sensors embedded in plastic foundation comb (150 microns thick or less) with protruding hexagons approximately 200 microns tall.

The system included wireless data transfer to a computer, frame batteries lasting six months or more with convenient changeability, and software compatible with Ubuntu, Linux, or Raspbian for adjusting measurement frequency and accessing data.

The entire sensor array within one hive could be interrogated in no more than 10 minutes.

The contract value was £45,180.

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