Operational Research by Bee

8/9/2019 Operational Research by Bee

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Found around the world except for the PolarRegion

A recently found fossilized bee dates back 100million years

First honey bee appeared 20-27 million yearsago

Bee keeping by humans occurred 4,500 yearsago

First time introduced into North America early16th century

Follow Operational Research principle.


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Two types of Bees- Social and Solitary

Social Bees that live in colonies.Solitary Bees that doesnt live in colonies i.e.

same hive in which queen lives.


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Honey

Wax & other productsPollination

Fun


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Honey

Wax & other products

Pollination

Fun


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Honey


Fun


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Honey


Fun


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Three distinct types ofHoney Bees inside the Hive- Queen, Drone and Worker

THE QUEEN(female) is the central member of thehive and the social bees live theirs lives around her.

THE DRONE is the male bee and he isconsiderablely larger then the Queen and theworker.

The Drone lives only to find and mate with a Queen.The act of mating actually leads to his death.

THEWORKER (Female) is the Honey Bee thatyou see flying around, alighting on the flowers togather nectar to bring back to the hive.


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SPECIES

Apismellifera

ligustica

Apismellifera

carnica

Apismelliferacaucasica

Apismelliferamellifera

Apismelliferascutellata

ORIGIN Italy

Alps,

northern

Yugoslavia

Caucasus

Mts

Northern

Europe

Eastern

Africa

COLOR

Golden

Yellow Gray/brown Lead-gray Brown/black

Golden

yellow

OVER

INTERING

Well

(generally)

Build quickly

in

spring

Well

Build quickly

in

spring

Poorly

Build slowly

in

spring

Well

Build slowly

in

spring Poorly

OTHER

Usually

gentle

Moves

frequently

Gentle

Gentle to

aggressive

Nervous &

aggressive Aggressive


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Branch of applied mathematics that usesmethods such as mathematicalmodeling, statistics, and algorithms to arrive atoptimal solutions to complex problems.

Helps management achieve its goals usingscientific methods.

Also called management or decision makingScience.

Applied to the real world also.

EXAMPLE Honey Bee


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Nature inspired methods (Mating Optimization)

Check by similar odor and using their antennae. Division Of Labor.

Recognize flowers producing the pollen they use

for protein and the nectar they use for energy.

Uses two known tools to understand wherefood is available are SolarCompass and

Internal Clock.


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Study uses a nature-inspired method,

namely honey bees mating optimizationalgorithm, that is based on the mating

behavior of honey bees for a financial

classification problem. Financial decisions

are often based on classification modelswhich are used to assign a set of

observations into predefined groups.


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Among females (reproduction)

Among workers (tasks) Depends upon

- Age of the bee

- Needs of the colony


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Young bees:1 to 10 days

Cell cleaningCap brood

Attend queen


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Middle-aged bees:10 to 20 days old

Receive nectar & pollen Comb building

Hive cleaning

- Debris removal- Undertakers

Climate control


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Old bees: 20 days until death (30-45 days)

Foraging Nectar

Pollen

W

aterHive defense


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To make 1 lb honey

Bees visit 2,000,000

flowers

Gather 10 lbs nectar

Fly 55,000 miles

1 cell of = life work of60 bees

To make 1 lb wax

Need to consume 10 lbs honey


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Use two known tools to understand where foodis:

SolarCompass, which lets her rememberwhere things are in relation to the sun.Thebee's ability to see polarized light lets herdetermine where the sun is regardless ofwhether.

Internal clock, which lets her keep track of howfar she has flown


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Dances Conveys

direction & distance to

nectar and pollensources

Two types of Dances:

Round Dance -

I

f thefood is nearby

Waggle Dance - When

the food is far away.


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The Queen is the primary

reproductive unit of the hive

Fertilized eggs may

become either workers or

queens

To become a queen, a

larva must: Be fed royal jelly

Be fed more food

Have a larger cell


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Brood is divided into two divisions

Resident queen in one division and An introduced queen in the other division.

For this purpose hive chambers are made

by worker bees in such a manner which

prevent direct contact ofTwo-Queen.


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BASE

FIRS BOTTOMBOARD

SECONDBOTTOMBOARD (EXIT & ENTRANCE)

FIRSTHIVECHAMBERONFIRSTBOTTOM

SECONDHIVECHAMBERONSECONDBOTTOM

THIRDHIVECHAMBERVERTICAL ALIGNMENTWITHSECONDHIVECHAMBER

FOURTHHIVECHAMBERVERTICAL ALIGNMENTWITHFIRSTHIVECHAMBER

A BEEWAY-ISOLATOR

FIRST ANDSECONDCOVERCLOSINGTOPOPENINGSOFTHIRD ANDFOURTH

HIVEC

HAMB

ERS


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A hive of bees must fly 55,000 miles to

produce a pound of honey.

One bee colony can produce 60 to 100pounds of honey per year.

An average worker bee makes only about

1/12 teaspoon of honey in its lifetime.

A strong, healthy hive will have a populationof approximately 50,000 bees.


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Documents

Operational Research by Bee