From: "Jerry Bromenshenk" " We have some
> sophisticated sensors that may  be able to quickly recognize a parasitized
> or diseased hive -- but we need to build a signature files from sick,
> mite,
> and beetle infested hives. "

Can we just ask - are you recording sounds within the hive or other types of
reading?  If sounds, are you building on the development of the Apidictor by
Rex Boys , a UK BBC sound engineer?  His machine worked for him, but he had
particularly well trained ears that could pick out the sound of just one
instrument in an orchestra and so also the sound of part of the bees who
were naughtily singing away while building queen cells or whatever.  Does
your machine also depend on special abilities for isolating and decoding the
signals -  or could we all record sounds with say a  microphone and simple
casette recorder and send you tapes?

Robin Dartington

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