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A preliminary study on new cooling techniques for stingless bees hive

Stingless bees are a type of insect which are very sensitive to the changes of their surroundings, especially to severe heat wave. A report stated that at temperature as high as 38 ºC can cause death of the bees especially to the pupae. Therefore, the objective of this research is to evaluate new me...

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Main Authors: Luqman, Abdul Halim, Firdaus, Basrawi, Mohd Yusof, Taib, Mohd Hazwan, Yusof, Zulkifli, Mustafa, Thamir K., Ibrahim
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Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2020
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Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/27077/1/SES19044_Luqman%20paper%20%281%29.pdf
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/27077/
https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/863/1/012040
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spelling my.ump.umpir.270772020-06-26T04:27:36Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/27077/ A preliminary study on new cooling techniques for stingless bees hive Luqman, Abdul Halim Firdaus, Basrawi Mohd Yusof, Taib Mohd Hazwan, Yusof Zulkifli, Mustafa Thamir K., Ibrahim T Technology (General) Stingless bees are a type of insect which are very sensitive to the changes of their surroundings, especially to severe heat wave. A report stated that at temperature as high as 38 ºC can cause death of the bees especially to the pupae. Therefore, the objective of this research is to evaluate new methods in regulating the temperature in the hive. To achieve this goal, two cooling methods were studied. One method is using greenroof, a type of roof which contains green vegetation and soil. It is used to cool down the space under the roof. Another method is using a photovoltaic (PV) powered thermoelectric cooler (TEC). Three units of MUSTAFA-hives were exposed under sunlight, one is without any temperature regulation and the other two hives used cooling techniques stated above. The temperatures inside each hive was measured at two points, and was compared with the hive without temperature regulation. It was found that, for the hive integrated with greenroof, the average hive temperature was about 3 ºC and 6 ºC lower in the honey cassette and brood-cells compartment, respectively. On the other hand, the hive with PV powered TEC recorded average temperatures of about 0.5 °C and 3 °C lower in honey cassette and brood-cells compartment, respectively. Therefore, it can be concluded that the implementation of greenroof or TEC could solve the problem of stingless bees’ hive overheating. However, the greenroof has a better thermal performance, besides being economic and simpler solution. IOP Publishing 2020-05 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed pdf en cc_by http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/27077/1/SES19044_Luqman%20paper%20%281%29.pdf Luqman, Abdul Halim and Firdaus, Basrawi and Mohd Yusof, Taib and Mohd Hazwan, Yusof and Zulkifli, Mustafa and Thamir K., Ibrahim (2020) A preliminary study on new cooling techniques for stingless bees hive. In: Symposium on Energy Systems (SES 2019), 1-2 October 2019 , Kuantan, Malaysia. pp. 1-8., 863. ISSN 1757-8981 (Print); 1757-899X (Online) https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/863/1/012040
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Luqman, Abdul Halim
Firdaus, Basrawi
Mohd Yusof, Taib
Mohd Hazwan, Yusof
Zulkifli, Mustafa
Thamir K., Ibrahim
A preliminary study on new cooling techniques for stingless bees hive
description Stingless bees are a type of insect which are very sensitive to the changes of their surroundings, especially to severe heat wave. A report stated that at temperature as high as 38 ºC can cause death of the bees especially to the pupae. Therefore, the objective of this research is to evaluate new methods in regulating the temperature in the hive. To achieve this goal, two cooling methods were studied. One method is using greenroof, a type of roof which contains green vegetation and soil. It is used to cool down the space under the roof. Another method is using a photovoltaic (PV) powered thermoelectric cooler (TEC). Three units of MUSTAFA-hives were exposed under sunlight, one is without any temperature regulation and the other two hives used cooling techniques stated above. The temperatures inside each hive was measured at two points, and was compared with the hive without temperature regulation. It was found that, for the hive integrated with greenroof, the average hive temperature was about 3 ºC and 6 ºC lower in the honey cassette and brood-cells compartment, respectively. On the other hand, the hive with PV powered TEC recorded average temperatures of about 0.5 °C and 3 °C lower in honey cassette and brood-cells compartment, respectively. Therefore, it can be concluded that the implementation of greenroof or TEC could solve the problem of stingless bees’ hive overheating. However, the greenroof has a better thermal performance, besides being economic and simpler solution.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Luqman, Abdul Halim
Firdaus, Basrawi
Mohd Yusof, Taib
Mohd Hazwan, Yusof
Zulkifli, Mustafa
Thamir K., Ibrahim
author_facet Luqman, Abdul Halim
Firdaus, Basrawi
Mohd Yusof, Taib
Mohd Hazwan, Yusof
Zulkifli, Mustafa
Thamir K., Ibrahim
author_sort Luqman, Abdul Halim
title A preliminary study on new cooling techniques for stingless bees hive
title_short A preliminary study on new cooling techniques for stingless bees hive
title_full A preliminary study on new cooling techniques for stingless bees hive
title_fullStr A preliminary study on new cooling techniques for stingless bees hive
title_full_unstemmed A preliminary study on new cooling techniques for stingless bees hive
title_sort preliminary study on new cooling techniques for stingless bees hive
publisher IOP Publishing
publishDate 2020
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/27077/1/SES19044_Luqman%20paper%20%281%29.pdf
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/27077/
https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/863/1/012040
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