by Grace Twiston-Davies | Aug 14, 2023 | Applications, BumbleBEEHAVE, Bumblebees, Impact
We have teamed up with the Bumblebee Conservation Trust to create an new version of our BEE-STEWARD model designed as a decision support tool to help with land management decisions. Watch this space!
by Grace Twiston-Davies | Aug 13, 2021 | Applications, BEESCOUT, BumbleBEEHAVE, Bumblebees, Impact, Publications
Its been a while, but the BEEHAVE team have been busy creating a research and conservation tool to support pollinator survival which is finally published and available for download- our BEE-STEWARD tool! Everyone, well, almost everyone, loves honey – that...
by Grace Twiston-Davies | Aug 28, 2018 | BEESCOUT, BumbleBEEHAVE, Bumblebees, Impact
Our new model, BEE-STEWARD Beta is ready to be tried and tested. BEE-STEWARD is a computer program of virtual bees in digital landscapes developed by researchers at the Environment and Sustainability Institute at the University of Exeter that can be used to predict...
by Grace Twiston-Davies | May 23, 2018 | BumbleBEEHAVE, Bumblebees, Publications
‘Virtual safe space’ to help bumblebees The many threats facing bumblebees can be tested using a “virtual safe space” created by scientists at the University of Exeter. Bumble-BEEHAVE provides a computer simulation of how colonies will develop and react to multiple...
by Grace Twiston-Davies | Nov 2, 2017 | Applications, BumbleBEEHAVE, Bumblebees, Impact, Outreach
BEE-STEWARD is a computer program of virtual bees in digital landscapes developed by researchers at the ESI that can be used to predict the effects of different land management on pollinator survival and pollination rates. Now, joining forces with farmers and...
by Grace Twiston-Davies | Sep 22, 2017 | Applications, BumbleBEEHAVE, Bumblebees, Uncategorized
One of the main challenges of creating a bumblebee population model that operates in realistic digitised landscapes is how to represent multiple bee species feeding on multiple flower species both with different morphological characteristics. What determines if a...
