This Koenig_beebackpack_Readme.txt file was generated on 20220503 by Phoebe Koenig ------------------- GENERAL INFORMATION ------------------- Title of Dataset: Best practices for instrumenting honey bees Author Information (Name, Institution, Address, Email) Principal Investigator: Phoebe Koenig, Cornell University, pak98@cornell.edu Associate or Co-investigator: Kirstin Petersen, Cornell University, Rhodes Hall, kirstin@cornell.edu Date of data collection (single date, range, approximate date): 20200709 - 20200914 Geographic location of data collection: Ithaca, NY, Tompkins County, USA at The Dyce Lab For Honey Bee Studies, 201 Freese Rd. Information about funding sources or sponsorship that supported the collection of the data: This research was supported by NSF grant #1739671 awarded to Kirstin Petersen, and a Packard Fellowship Award received by Kirstin Petersen. -------------------------- SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION -------------------------- Licenses/restrictions placed on the data, or limitations of reuse: CC-BY (NC) Recommended citation for the data: Phoebe A. Koenig, and Kirstin H. Petersen. (2022) Best practices for instrumenting honey bees. [dataset] Cornell University eCommons Repository. https://doi.org/10.7298/2by5-4g96 Citation for and links to publications that cite or use the data: -------------------- DATA & FILE OVERVIEW -------------------- File list (filenames, directory structure (for zipped files) and brief description of all data files): Koenig_Beebackpack_exp1_2020.csv ;This file has presence and success numbers for experiment 1 on honey bees Koenig_Beebackpack_exp2_2020.csv ;This file has presences and success numbers for experiment 2 on honey bees Relationship between files, if important for context: Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: If data was derived from another source, list source: If there are there multiple versions of the dataset, list the file updated, when and why update was made: -------------------------- METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION -------------------------- Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: Methods for processing the data: Software- or Instrument-specific information needed to interpret the data, including software and hardware version numbers: Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: Environmental/experimental conditions: Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: Each colony was observed twice on each day. The number of bees of each color present was recorded, as well as the maximum number of bees present with their tags still attached. Between the two observations, each colony was covered, shaken for 10 seconds to disturb the colony, and left for at least 15 minutes to settle down. This dataset contains the maximum number of bees present (PresenceMax) and the maximum number of bees that were present with their tags still on (SuccessMax) from the two observations. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: Sample collection involved: Phoebe Koenig Processing and Analysis: Phoebe Koenig, with help from Lynn Johnson at the Cornell Statistical Consulting Unit -------------------------- DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION -------------------------- File: Koenig_Beebackpack_exp1_2020.csv Number of variables: 15 Number of cases/rows: 168 Variable list, defining any abbreviations, units of measure, codes or symbols used: Date.MM.DD.YYYY: Date of observation Count.Type: If bee was observed in hive during an observation hive scan, this value is "hive observation." If bee was found on the final day of the study, when I froze the hive to kill all bees in it and sorted through each bee, this value is "dissection." Age.Days: Age of observed bee (days) Time.EDT: Time of observation HH:MM(AM/PM) in EDT (Ithaca, NY) Colony: Colony number (1, 2, or 3) Group: The color of the paint on the bees, where each treatment group has a different paint color PresentMax: The maximum number of bees observed from the two observations SuccessMax: The maximum number of bees observed with tags still attached from the two observations TotalMax: The number of bees that were introduced at the start of the experiment Intro.Cage: Whether or not an introduction cage was used in the introduction event. 1 = introduction cage used. 0 = introduction cage was not used, so bees were introduced through top hole with a funnel. Incubate: Whether or not the bees were incubated before the introduction event. 1 = bee was incubated. 0 = bee was at room temperature. Sugar: Whether or not the bees were sprayed with a light cane sugar syrup before the introduction event. 1 = bee was sprayed with sugar. 0 = bee was not sprayed with sugar. Shellac.Glue: Whether or not shellac glue was used to attach the tag to the bees. 1 = shellac glue was used. 0 = wood glue was used. Silicon: Whether or not a silicon tag was used. 1 = silicon tag used. 0 = plastic tag used. Night: Whether or not the introduction event occurred at night. 1 = introduction event occurred at night, after dark when bees were no longer foraging. 0 = introduction event occurred during the day (while it was still light out and bees were still foraging) Missing data codes: NA- data was not collected (bee was lost by observer) Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: File: Koenig_Beebackpack_exp2and3_2020 Number of variables: 11 Number of cases/rows: 204 Variable list, defining any abbreviations, units of measure, codes or symbols used: Date.MM.DD.YYYY: Date of observation Days.Post.Intro: Time since bee was introduced to colony (days). If Behavioral.Group is nurse, this value is equivalent to the age of the bee, but if Behavioral.Group is forager, it is not. Time.EDT: Time of observation HH:MM(AM/PM) in EDT (Ithaca, NY) Colony: Colony number Group: The color of the paint on the bees, where each treatment group has a different paint color. All information that distinguishes among groups is in columns Behavior.Group, Glue, and Intro.Cage, meaning that all members of a group will have the same value for those three columns. PresentMax: The maximum number of bees observed from the two observations SuccessMax: The maximum number of bees observed with tags from the two observations TotalMax: The number of bees that were introduced at the start of the experiment. This number varies a bit among groups due to bees dying before introduction. Behavioral.Group: Behavioral group of bee at the start of the experiment (nurse or forager) Glue: Type of glue used to attach tag (wood or super). Wood glue was Titebond II, super glue was Gorillaglue gel. Intro.Cage: Whether or not an introduction cage was used in the introduction event. 1 = introduction cage was used. 0 = bee was released in front of the hive and flew back unaided. Notes: Any special information about observation Missing data codes: NA- data was not collected (bee was lost by observer) Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: