In simple, and straight forward terms I describe what I’ve built for the beekeeping community. It is my goal to reduce the the unknowns, improve bee health, and connect bee hives in a way never dreamed of before. Every bit of this is only possible with your help. Please take a few minutes and read on!

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1. How I built the Tesla of Honey Bee Hives
2. Why Should You Care about Technology in Beekeeping?
3. 40% of Honey Bees died last winter, This is what I am doing to help Bees Everywhere
4. Technology In Beekeeping: What I am developing and seeking funding for

I’ve been working to bring a change to beekeeping, so that everyone who has been sitting on the fence about becoming a beekeeper takes the leap. So that instead of a wide empty canyon to cross, you have a bridge that connects. 

The canyon represents the amount of unknowns in starting beekeeping. The biggest being the fear that you will kill the bees. The old way of buying cheap equipment, taking courses, and hoping the bees survive the significant trial and error process is wrong. Not to mention, the hectic and stressful lives we all lead only bring more issues. This is the canyon of unknowns. But, it is easily overcome with a bridge. 

The bridge over that canyon starts getting built when we launch the kickstarter. From there, we build the first integrated smart bee hive with strong, long-lasting materials, and with sensors that remove the “I don’t knows” and the stress all in one go. It’s like driving in a Tesla car with their technology. Their extremely safe machine learning makes it so you can relax and focus on enjoying the experience of the drive – see the mountains, rivers, and wildlife (depending on where you live). 

I want to launch this kickstarter to finish the work on prototyping, and gear up for full scale production in the USA. I’m a strong believer in Made in America.

The funding I am seeking is to build and integrate Soma (advanced hive body), the Nucleus (sensor network), and Brain (learning systems). Read on to see the goals and benefits of each. 

Soma

Advanced Hive Body: Beehive+technology+sleek futuristic look

1. Stainless steel body
   1. Longer lasting bee homes 
   2. Prevents moisture from being retained inside of hive
   3. Increase survivability in winter and heat of summer
   4. Beautiful curves
   5. Stronger and easier to work with
2. Insulation
   1. Temperature control 
3. Easy set up 
   1. Estimated to be about 10 minutes for someone new to it
4. Sensors, batteries, and electronics 
   1. Integrated seamlessly
   2. No additional set-up or guessing required.  

Nucleus 

The brain of the new hive

Prototype consists of

1. Raspberry pi board
2. Sensors (waspmote or Raspberry pi board)
   1. Visual 
   2. Outside/inside temperature
   3. CO, CO2, O2
   4. Humidity
   5. Chemical pollutants 
   6. Airborne dust
   7. Queen health 
   8. Varroa populations
   9. Hive populations 
   10. Alarm report – theft, swarming, queenless, etc
   11. Potential:
       1. Estimate what the bees are interacting with based on sensors detecting types of pollen/honey being made

Brain

Learning Center

Software

1. Machine Learning 
   1. Better understand what’s happening
2. 24/7 monitoring

Overall, this smart hive system turns beehives into smart bee homes

• Reduces stress, and the constant feeling of the unknown and killing bees
• Great for your community, ecology, and safe guarding ⅓ of our food
• Easy to set up
• Easy to use
• The bridge over the canyon filled with “I don’t knows” can be crossed