For a bit more than a week, the data collection system has been set up in the UPR Agricultural Experimental Station in Gurabo. Bees will be monitored continuously for a month. Right now, only unmarked bees are daring outside of the colony, but we expect the first marked bees to show up soon !
First videos are promising, as behaviors of interest such as fanning (to cool down the colony) and foraging (flying out of the colony to bring pollen, nectar or propolis) are readily observed. Notice how two bees are moving their wings (fanning), and two bees are bringing back pollen to the hive. Be alert, they are crossing very fast !!