Automated monitoring of honey bees with barcodes and artificial intelligence reveals two distinct social networks from a single affiliative behavior

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 1541 - 10
• Main Authors: Gernat, Tim, Jagla, Tobias, Jones, Beryl M., Middendorf, Martin, Robinson, Gene E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 27.01.2023; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/114/1305; 631/114/1564; 631/1647/2198; 631/553/2712; 639/766/530/2801; Animal behavior; Animals; Apis mellifera; Artificial Intelligence; Bar codes; Beehives; Bees; Behavior; Behavior, Animal; Developmental biology; Ethology; Honey; Humanities and Social Sciences; Molecular biology; multidisciplinary; Nervous system; Neural networks; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Social Behavior; Social interactions; Social networks; Social organization; Trophallaxis

Barcode-based tracking of individuals is revolutionizing animal behavior studies, but further progress hinges on whether in addition to determining an individual’s location, specific behaviors can be identified and monitored. We achieve this goal using information from the barcodes to identify tight...