Citing bTools

If you use bTools in a scientific publication, please cite the following papers.

For bCode-based tracking:

Tim Gernat, Vikyath D. Rao, Martin Middendorf, Harry Dankowicz, Nigel Goldenfeld, and Gene E. Robinson (2018). Automated monitoring of behavior reveals bursty interaction patterns and rapid spreading dynamics in honey bee social networks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115(7). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1713568115.

For the trophallaxis and egg-laying detectors:

Tim Gernat, Tobias Jagla, Beryl M. Jones, Martin Middendorf, and Gene E. Robinson (2023). Automated monitoring of honey bees with barcodes and artificial intelligence reveals two distinct social networks from a single affiliative behavior. Scientific Reports, 13(1). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-26825-4

For the entrance monitor and the flight activity detector:

Cassondra L. Vernier, Thi Lan Anh Nguyen, Tim Gernat, Amy Cash Ahmed, Zhenqing Chen, and Gene E. Robinson (2023). Gut microbes contribute to variation in foraging intensity in the honey bee, Apis mellifera. bioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/2023.08.31.555606

For the movement detector:

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