Submitted:
16 May 2018
Posted:
17 May 2018
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Abstract
This paper introduces both a hardware and a software system designed to allow low-cost electronic monitoring of social insects using RFID tags. Data formats for individual insect identification and their associated experiment are proposed to facilitate data sharing from experiments conducted with this system. The antenna's configuration and their duty cycle ensure a high degree of detection rates. Other advantages and limitations of this system are discussed in detail in the paper.
Keywords:
RFID
; social insects
; Apis
; Melipona
; insect behaviour
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