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Problems we are solving

πŸ’‘ Hard, frequent, unscalable work to keep bees healthy for precise pollination and food security

Bees are key species for our food security. Farmers are cooperating with beekeepers to combat 🌻 Precise pollination and increase yields

But traditional beekeeping requires πŸ‘οΈ Observability of bee colony, because bees can experience 🍽️ Bee colony starvationΒ ,Β πŸ’€ Colony without a queen, 🧢 Swarming,Β πŸ¦€ InfestationsΒ andΒ πŸ¦€ Diseases which weaken the colony and cause ❄️ Overwintering collapse.

Observability is typically solved with a πŸ’ͺ🏻 Physical laborΒ andΒ πŸ‘οΈ Time-consuming inspections. Dressed in a protective suit, in the summer heat, every week, you need to lift 20 kg beehive sections designed 150 years ago and notice small details while you are getting stung by defending bees,Β πŸ’€ Intrusive inspections.

As your apiary grows, this becomes πŸ’ͺ🏻 Unscalable work.Β πŸ‘¨πŸ»β€πŸš’ Industrial beekeepersΒ have 🏘️ Multiple apiariesΒ at 🌲 Distant locationsΒ that are hard to reach. Existing solutions do not adequately solve these issues

Problems and goals​

issueclasspriority
πŸ‘οΈ Observability of bee colonybeekeeping practices100
πŸ’ͺ🏻 Unscalable workbeekeeping practices90
❄️ Overwintering collapse-80
πŸ’ͺ🏻 Physical laborbeekeeping practices80
πŸ¦€ Infestationsexternal influence80
🌲 Distant locations-70
🧢 Swarmingbeekeeping practices70
🍽️ Bee colony starvationinternal state60
πŸ¦€ Diseasesexternal influence60
πŸ’€ Colony with drone-laying queeninternal state60
🏘️ Multiple apiariesbeekeeping practices50
πŸ’€ Alcohol washing killing beesunethical treatment50
πŸ’€ Intrusive inspectionsunethical treatment50
πŸ’’ Aggressive bee coloniesbeekeeping practices50
🌨️ Problems--
🌻 Monocultural agriculture--
🌻 Precise pollinationanthropological dangers-
πŸŽ’ Challenging to become a new beekeeper--
🏘️ Bees attacking neighbours--
🐭 Mice killing a colony--
🐻 Bears destroying hives & colonies--
πŸ’€ Colony without a queeninternal state-
πŸ’’ Hornet attacks--
πŸ’’ Robbing state--
πŸ“¦ Warehouse organization--
πŸ—ƒοΈ Storm wind collapsing beehives--
πŸ—ƒοΈ Poor hive ventilation--
πŸ—ƒοΈ Ugly beehives--
🀒 Pesticide poisoning--
πŸ‘οΈ Time-consuming inspections--

Survey by BeeSage, source

On β€œsaving the bees”​

We are not focusing solely on saving honeybees as a species, because globally colony numbers are increasing. Ecosystems are complex. We support diversity of plants and wild pollinators.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CidaOP7PA-o

Note that we use a database for problems in order to link problems with features that will help solving or mitigating them. Beekeeping has a lot of problems. We prioritise some of them to have more focused solution