Dataset License & Attribution

License

Unless stated otherwise on a specific release page, dataset releases are licensed under:

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

You may share and adapt the dataset for any purpose, including commercial use, as long as you provide attribution and follow the CC BY 4.0 terms.

How to attribute

Use the following attribution format:

“BeeWarm Varroa Mite Dataset” (Version 1.0, released YYYY-MM-DD) by BeeWarm. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Source: https://beewarm.app (dataset page coming soon).

If you use the dataset in academic work, please cite:

Suggested citation (BibTeX)

@dataset{beewarm_varroa_2026,
  title     = {BeeWarm Varroa Mite Dataset},
  author    = {BeeWarm},
  year      = {2026},
  version   = {1.0},
  url       = {https://beewarm.app},
  license   = {CC BY 4.0}
}

Notes for ML usage

If you train ML models on the dataset and publish results, please include:

dataset name + version

a link to the dataset source

a note that it is licensed under CC BY 4.0

Future license changes

Future dataset versions may also be offered under additional open licenses (potentially including CC0), depending on rights and contributor terms. Prior versions remain available under their original license.