An '''apidictor''' is an instrument which measures and records the sound in a beehive. The instrument records the aggregate sound made by the buzzing of the bees' wings, and may help with predicting when a colony is preparing to swarm.<ref name="Boys" />
Edward Farrington Woods, a BBC sound engineer,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Preston |first1=Claire |title=Bee |date=2006 |publisher=Reaktion Books |location=London |isbn=9781861892560 |pages=111–112}}</ref> invented and patented the apidictor in 1952,<ref>{{cite patent |country=US |number=2806082A |status=patent |title=Means for detecting and indicating the activities of bees and conditions in beehives |pubdate=1957-09-10 |gdate=1957-09-10 |fdate=1953-10-26 |pridate=1952-10-31 |inventor=Edward Farrington Woods |url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US2806082A/en}}</ref> and sold 300 worldwide.<ref name="Boys">{{cite web |last1=Boys |first1=T.R. |title=Apidictor |url=http://www.beesource.com/plans/apidictor.htm |website=Beesource.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050717233655/http://www.beesource.com/plans/apidictor.htm |archivedate=2005-07-17}}</ref>
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Category:Beekeeping tools
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