Hive scale dataset near Debrecen, Hungary between 2020-2025

Name: Debrecen_Hive_12.xlsx Beekeeping hive data for Hive 12.
File type = XLSX. This file contains the raw time series data of hive 12 weight measurements between 2020–2025, collected near Debrecen, Hungary, as part of the monitoring campaign. The dataset includes continuous 1-hour weight readings taken from the GSM hive scale placed under the colonies, capturing short-term fluctuations in hive mass due to foraging, environmental conditions, or management interventions.

Name: Debrecen_Hive_18.csv Beekeeping hive data for Hive 18.
File type = CSV. This file contains the raw time series data of hive 18 weight measurements between 2022–2025, collected near Debrecen, Hungary, as part of the monitoring campaign. The dataset includes continuous 10-minute weight readings taken from the GSM hive scale placed under the colonies, capturing short-term fluctuations in hive mass due to foraging, environmental conditions, or management interventions.

The scales were placed under 10 NB (Nagy Boconádi) framed (420 × 360 mm) and ½ NB framed (420 × 180 mm) Tamási type hives with screened and hygienic bottom boards, which housed honey bee colonies belonging to the Apis mellifera carnica, also known as the Carniolan honey bee (Western honey bee).

Main bee pastures: oilseed rape, black locust, summer mixed, sunflower.

This work has been implemented by the National Multidisciplinary Laboratory for Climate Change (RRF-2.3.1-21-2022-00014) project within the framework of Hungary's National Recovery and Resilience Plan supported by the Recovery and Resilience Facility of the European Union.