Development of a tracking system of multiple honeybees based on individual behavior for analyzing their social behaviors

2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23650157
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Bioinformatics/Life informatics
• Research Institution: University of Hyogo
• Principal Investigator: KIMURA Toshifumi 兵庫県立大学, 環境人間学部, 助教 (00316035)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2012
• Keywords: 生体生命情報学 / ミツバチ / 社会性昆虫 / 行動解析 / 生態画像解析

Research Abstract

I developed a new system, K-Track, for tracking multiple honey bees simultaneously, based on individual behavior. The tracking accuracyof the system is improved by adding an algorithm corresponding to movements thatother tracking object’s may not have. The K-Track can extract not only the location, velocity and direction of movement, but also the distance between two individuals, and the detection of closing events. The system is effective against extracting many movement data of each individual from real experimental movies automatically, and analyzing the characteristic movements of honey bees.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Tracking of Multiple Honey Bees on a Flat Surface (2012)
  • Author(s): Toshif Toshifumi Kimura umi Kimura umi Kimura, Mizue Ohashi, Karl Crailsheim, Thomas Schmickl, Ryuichi Okada, Hidetoshi Ikeno
  • Journal Title: Proceeding of the 2012 Fifth International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering and Technology (ICETET-12) Pages: 36-39
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] A new approach for the simultaneous tracking of multiple honeybees for analysis of hive behavior (2011)
  • Author(s): Toshifumi Kimura Toshifumi Kimura, Mizue Ohashi, Ryuichi Okada, Hidetoshi Ikeno
  • Journal Title: Apidologie Volume: 42 Pages: 607-617
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Tracking of Multiple Honey Bees on a Flat Surface (2012)
  • Author(s): Toshifumi Kimura Toshifumi Kimura, Mizue Ohashi, Karl Crailsheim, Thomas Schmickl, Ryuichi Okada, Hidetoshi Ikeno
  • Organizer: The 2012 Fifth International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering and Technology
  • Place of Presentation: イーグレ姫路・あいめっせホール(兵庫県)
  • Year and Date: 20121105-07
• [Presentation] 平面アリーナ内における複数個体行動の自動追跡システムの開発 (2012)
  • Author(s): 木村敏文 木村敏文, 岡田龍一, 大橋瑞江, Karl Crailsheim, Thomas Schmickl, 池野英利
  • Organizer: バイオイメージ・インフォマティクス ワークショップ2012
  • Place of Presentation: 理化学研究所 発生・再生科学総合研究センター(兵庫県)
  • Year and Date: 20121101-02
• [Presentation] Mathematical analysis of the honeybee waggle dance (2011)
  • Author(s): Ryuichi Okada, Hidetoshi Ikeno, Toshifumi Toshifumi Kimura, Kimura, Kimura, Mizue Ohashi, Hitoshi Aonuma, Etsuro Ito
  • Organizer: 12th Symposium on Invertebrate Neurobiology
  • Place of Presentation: Hungary
  • Year and Date: 2011-08-29