Modelling the Effects of Stressors and Treatment in a Honeybee Colony

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dc.contributor.advisorHeffernan, Jane M.
dc.contributor.authorLuik, Thomas Stephen
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-18T17:58:37Z
dc.date.available2024-03-18T17:58:37Z
dc.date.issued2024-03-16
dc.date.updated2024-03-16T10:51:52Z
dc.degree.disciplineApplied and Industrial Mathematics
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMSc - Master of Science
dc.description.abstractHoneybees are agriculturally important through their pollination work and production of honey. They are also vulnerable to the accumulation of stressors, which cause drastic colony losses. It is important to understand the effect of stress on a hive so that the cost of testing, treatment, and rest can be evaluated. We have developed a model of honeybee stress and simulated scenarios of testing and treatment regiments. The model tracks importation of stressors through foraging, and quantifies their effect on bee stress. The model is used to determine appropriate times for testing and treatment before, during, and after pollination jobs, and it is used to determine resting periods needed between pollination jobs, depending on testing and treatment use, to minimize the probability of bee loss and maximize profit for a beekeeper. Ultimately, the model will be used to inform testing and treatment strategies that will increase economic profitability for the beekeeping industry, and the agricultural sector as a whole.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10315/41871
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectApplied mathematics
dc.subjectBiology
dc.subject.keywordsHoneybees
dc.subject.keywordsStressors
dc.subject.keywordsDifferential equations
dc.subject.keywordsForager
dc.subject.keywordsWorker
dc.subject.keywordsCaste
dc.subject.keywordsPollinator
dc.subject.keywordsStress
dc.subject.keywordsTesting
dc.subject.keywordsPollination job
dc.subject.keywordsTreatment
dc.titleModelling the Effects of Stressors and Treatment in a Honeybee Colony
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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