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How Robotic Hives and AI Are Lowering the Risk of Bee Colony Collapse


alternative_right shares a report from Phys.Org: The unit -- dubbed a BeeHome -- is an industrial upgrade from the standard wooden beehives, all clad in white metal and solar panels. Inside sits a high-tech scanner and robotic arm powered by artificial intelligence. Roughly 300,000 of these units ar...

alternative_right shares a report from Phys.Org: The unit -- dubbed a BeeHome-- is an industrial upgrade from the standard wooden beehives, all clad in white metal and solar panels. Should AI spot a warning sign, such as a dearth of new larvae or the presence of mites, beekeepers will get an update on an app that a colony requires attention. "There's other technologies that we've tried that can give us some of those metrics as well, but it's really a look in the rearview mirror," [said Zac Ellis, the senior director of agronomy at OFI, a global food and ingredient seller].

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How Robotic Hives and AI Are Lowering the Risk of Bee Colony Collapse