Journal of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture of Gazi University, cilt.36, sa.3, ss.1715-1731, 2021 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)
Bees are one of the oldest living species in the world, having a major impact on the development of living species. The continuity of plants at the bottom of the food chain is directly related to the pollination of bees. Bees are a global insurance because of this characteristic. For this reason, it is very important to check the health status of bees. Depending on the technology developed nowadays, it is possible to control the health status of bees remotely with real-time image processing applications. In the study, feature extraction methods, which are the strengths of deep learning, were executed from two different arms and aggressive changes in images were detected. In the classification process; Instead of Softmax classifier based on probability calculation, multi-layer feedback artificial neural network (MLFB-ANN) model has been used. The success of the designed system has also been compared with the Softmax classifier. As a result of experimental studies, 93.07% success rate can be achieved with Softmax classifier for six different bee diseases on the same data set, while 95.04% success rate has been obtained with the developed system. In this study, a hybrid method based on deep learning methods was proposed for the classification of bee diseases and successful results were obtained.