Background

The BioDT Pollinator pDT offers a powerful tool for understanding and improving the well-being of pollinators, particularly honey bees. Honey bees are essential for a healthy planet, but they face significant threats like habitat loss, diseases, and food scarcity.

The BioDT Pollinator pDT is a digital tool designed to assess the quality of landscapes for honey bees. This innovative prototype combines real-world data with advanced simulation techniques to provide actionable insights for conservation efforts.

The BioDT Pollinator pDT is built upon a robust technical foundation. Customised scripts meticulously translate real-world data (like land use maps and weather patterns) into a format that can be readily understood by the established BEEHAVE honey bee model. This model, originally developed in NetLogo, allows researchers to simulate honey bee behavior and performance under various conditions.

The BioDT project has equipped the pDT to process information spanning vast geographical areas, addressing the challenge of handling massive datasets. This means the honeybee survival prototype can potentially be used to analyse data across entire countries. Furthermore, by leveraging containerisation, the model can be effortlessly run on different supercomputers with minimal adjustments, ensuring efficient and timely results for large-scale simulations.