Waggle Dance

Waggle Dance Recognition

The Waggle Dance Detector (WDD) system processes video files or live camera streams to detect and record honeybee waggle dances, saving results as images and metadata. The software needs at least 60FPS cameras (low resolution is fine).

The main WDD software can be found here:

• bb_wdd2

The WDD can optionally use a neural network to improve precision (and detect some other vibratory behaviors). The code to train and apply the network is here:

• bb_wdd_filter

The wdd filter needs a trained model. Here are several:

• 2019/2021 model -2023 model; trained with additional data from multiple sources

Software with a basic GUI to connect to the WDD and do some live postprocessing for experimental control is here:

• wdd_bridge

Tool with a GUI interface to annotate videos with the location, direction, and timing of honey bee waggle dances in an observation hive:

• bb_waggledance_annotator