Development of Autonomous Wireless Beehive Monitoring System Solution

The autonomous beekeeping solution provides the possibility to monitor the bee hives from a distance. The distance monitoring opens a floor for new business opportunities, like production of mono-floral honey, as well as more intensive manufacture of honey products. The solution is based on new generation of IoT resources, and deployment of IoT concept in agricultural sector [3; 23; 24; 25]. It is worth noting that physical survey disturbs the bees and causes them stress, which can negatively affect the productivity of the bee colony, as well as taking beekeeper time. In addition, distance does not always allow the beekeeper to react quickly to crisis situations in the apiary. The technology developed in the project allows to use distance monitoring of the beehive, which significantly facilitates the daily life of the beekeeper, allows quick decision-making in critical situations and does not reduce bee productivity, as it does not affect the daily life of the beehive.The beekeeper can observe the apiary remotely and will be able to decide to visit the apiary only if necessary. A great helper is the hive video surveillance system, which will help to monitor the flight activity of bee colonies during the day, as well as to visually assess the condition of the apiary. The new system uses alternative energy sources (solar, wind energy) for the power supply of the system, which increases the possibilities of using the system in distance monitoring on fields.