Résumé
For the last twenty years, the mortality of honeybeecolonies has been increasing and is now a major concern forbiologists. There have been a number of hypotheses put forthin the literature, including hives’ infestation with parasites likeVarroa destructor, the appearance of new predators like Asianhornets (Vespa Velutina) or small hive beetles and widespread useof pesticides. In addition, climate and environmental changes aremodifying the honeybee’s interaction with its ecosystem. Lastworks suggest that this mortality could be due not to a singlereason, but to a convergence of stress factors.This article presents the development of an experimentalplatform dedicated to track the honeybee colony (Apis mellifera)health in parallel with the quantification of the main environmentalstressors. Our main objective is to provide biologists with aparaphernalia that is primarily based on motion analyses withdifferent sensors inside and outside the hive for the study ofbees’ behavior at both individual (the bee) as well as a colony (thesuperorganism) scales. The aim is to create a reference dataset ofbehaviors associated with environmental factors in both normaland stressful environments.