A visual analytics framework to study honey bee behaviour

We present an end-to-end visual analytics framework that aims to facilitate prediction and decision making about honey bee health based on micro sensing data. The framework is particularly tailored to cope with heterogeneous data from micro sensors and environmental sensors that are deployed to collect information about bees and their environment. The framework design allows for a wide range of end users, including scientists, bee keepers, and decision makers, to effectively explore the bee data through interactive visual interfaces. User centred design is deployed throughout the development to meet the various requirements of the users. A large scale study is being planned to evaluate and further refine the framework based on user experiences.