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BeeMachine
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Identify bees with computer vision! Your sightings will help us track changing bee populations https://beemachine.ai
Make sure to get the latest update for Android and iOS! BeeMachine mobile now includes location and date in the classification process for improved accuracy. You can also share images from your image gallery straight to BeeMachine.
September 8, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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So proud of the work done by my students in the Pollinator Ecology Lab at K-State!
Capturing Pollinator Impact | Student Story
YouTube video by K-State Entomology
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June 21, 2025 at 9:43 AM
BeeMachine now uses 🗺️location & 📆date to improve predictions. These details allow BeeMachine to better distinguish b/w similar looking species & provide IDs that are more relevant to your area. Now active on the web & coming soon to mobile. Give it a try and let us know what you think!
June 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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New research on how non-native honeybees alter visitation networks in a peri-urban environment. authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.
authors.elsevier.com
January 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Pretty sweet stache on this Southern Plains bumble bee. Bombus fraternus
October 6, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Map bug fixed for iOS devices! Get the update in the App Store
October 3, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Android users: We fixed a critical bug that was preventing sightings from being processed. Make sure to download the latest update to incorporate the patch.
play.google.com/store/apps/d...
BeeMachine - Apps on Google Play
A community science app for identifying bee species using computer vision
play.google.com
August 31, 2024 at 6:30 PM
UPDATE: BeeMachine is now available in 40 different languages!🔓🌐
July 1, 2024 at 6:45 PM
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New work out today on how we can use #AI to ID some of the more challenging #bees from images of whole pinned bees and just their wings. Look for more on this soon.
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journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Deep learning for identifying bee species from images of wings and pinned specimens
One of the most challenging aspects of bee ecology and conservation is species-level identification, which is costly, time consuming, and requires taxonomic expertise. Recent advances in the applicati...
journals.plos.org
May 28, 2024 at 11:56 PM
t-SNE visualization of the 354 pollinator taxa in the latest BeeMachine algorithm. Each point represents a test image and clusters represent images with similar learned features. Labels are placed over the class centroid. Points are color coded by taxa.
April 18, 2024 at 4:36 PM
⚡️Important #update for BeeMachine users⚡️This update helps with "lost" sightings and with performance issues on Android devices.
April 15, 2024 at 4:05 PM
UPDATE: 🚀🐝BeeMachine just got better! Now identifying 2x more bee groups + distinguishes bees from flies, wasps & more. Get the update now:
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
iOS: apps.apple.com/us/app/beema...
#AIforPollinators
April 5, 2024 at 7:44 PM
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Undergrad summer internships available in the REEU program at K-State! Gain research experience & learn about cutting edge technology in ag/plant sciences. Lots of projects to choose from including computer vision and #AI for #pollinator monitoring.
www.plantpath.k-state.edu/academics/un...
January 30, 2024 at 5:14 PM
It's on! Get the BeeMachine app for Android or iOS. We're saving the world one bee at a time 🐝🤖
August 3, 2023 at 3:45 AM