RT Conference Proceedings
T1 APICAMPUS, a project on Urban beekeeping developed at the University of Malaga
A1 Trigo-Pérez, María del Mar
A1 Abdala-Díaz, Roberto Teófilo
A1 Cabrera-Carrillo, Juan Antonio
A1 López-Figueroa, Félix
A1 Muñoz-Gallego, Antonio Román
A1 Olivero-Anarte, Jesús
A1 Palomo-Muñoz, Luis Javier
A1 Real-Giménez, Raimundo
A1 Recio-Criado, María Marta
A1 Picornell Rodríguez, Antonio
A1 Redolosis, Yasmin
A1 Sellés, Bárbara
A1 Vega Sánchez, Julia
A1 Gil Gómez, José
A1 Gómez-Turpin, Eva María
K1 Apicultura
K1 Miel
K1 Abejas
K1 Polen
AB Urban beekeeping has ourished in the last years, with many institutions interested in creating colonies on their roofs. Bees and other animal pollinators contribute to increase food production, making bees essential for agriculture and plant life, in general. And, as bee populations decline, the need for secondary sources of pollinators for agricultural production grows.The Vice-rectorate of Smart-Campus of the University of Malaga focuses on two fundamen tal aspects: understanding the UMA campus as a Smart City in itself and marking new lines of action at the academic level that will make the UMA an international benchmark in Sustainability.Framed in the program above mentioned, APICAMPUS is a pilot and interdisciplinary project that involves researchers and students belonging to 4 departments of 2 university faculties together with Bee Garden Malaga, a multi-disciplinary environmental company with thematic areas on beekeeping. The project aims to promote the development of beekeeping in urban environments, raising awareness about the importance of the bees as pollinating insects, as well as the use of the beehive products.For the above mentioned, two beehives Langstroth type, were installed at the roof of the Faculty of Science, a traditional wooden one, and another made of polystyrene. The main interest of this project lies in the monitoring of the hives by means of temperature and humidity sensors, electronic scales for weight control, video cameras located inside and outside of them, together with the use of bee-marking systems. Additionally, analysis for characterizing and study the origin and the properties of the beehive products will be carried out, as well as field monitoring to highlight the situation of pollinators at the University Campus of Teatinos.Although the samplings have barely begun, this communication intends to be the offcial presentation of the project APICAMPUS to the scientific community.
YR 2019
FD 2019-07-25
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/18138
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/18138
LA eng
NO Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 19 ene 2026