SOLUTION
New technology, new diagnostics, and new data
BeeHero’s low-cost sensors translate data from inside the hives into over 25 different features, each feeding BeeHero algorithms in order to predict beehive disorders before they can damage the colony. Indications include everything from colony health, brood diseases, and mite activity to the presence of a queen or the possibility of colony collapse. But sophisticated machine learning algorithms require a large volume of high-quality data for effective training. Since that data set didn’t exist, BeeHero set out to build it, partnering first with commercial beekeepers representing 25% Israel’s working bees, and eventually with three of the largest commercial beekeepers in the U.S. Today, BeeHero owns the world’s largest database of measures related to bees and pollination.
BeeHero’s customized sensor systems and advanced diagnostics now work together to help beekeepers reduce their colonies’ mortality rate. They also dramatically improve hive well-being and optimize pollination quality. This solution delivers immediate benefit for commercial beekeepers, working bees, and growers.
Reliable remote monitoring of hive conditions, without physical inspection, translates to significant reductions in beekeeper operating cost. At the same time, improved hive health maintains bee populations to increase coverage and crop yields for growers. BeeHero data now confirms that fields using BeeHero technology yield more crops and higher revenue per acre.