Beehives have hardly changed in over 100+ years when Lorenzo Langstroth invented a hive that can be easily managed by a beekeeper. During the winter bees do no

Beehives have hardly changed in over 100+ years when Lorenzo Langstroth invented a hive that can be easily managed by a beekeeper. During the winter bees do not hibernate and must keep a temperature above 41ºF even when outside temperatures reach well below this. The bees do this by flexing their wing muscles and if their are not enough bees to accomplish the temperature increase they will parish. The typical beehive is only 3/4" wood (often pine) and only has an insulated value of around 0.75-R. Consider your homes walls, they are typically a 16-R or greater and bees have evolved to nest within tree hollows which often have over 6" of tree wall thickness, which is a 6-R. There have been a few studies that indicate the benefits year round of bees in an insulated hive. So we created an insulated hive and then decided to add sensors to monitor the bees within the hives. This is how Hyper Hyve was born. Our first round of hives will have internal temperature and humidity sensors, as well as CO2, hive weight, sound, accelerometer, GPS, Cellular connections, and all built on a python based program to assist the beekeepers. As the system deploys and data points are gathered, we will start adopting machine learning to assist the beekeepers based on locations, environment, bee breed, among others, to help alert via the web and app when data indicates conditions of concerns or similar within the hive and allows the beekeeper to be more productive and proactive in managing their colonies. For more information sign up on HyperHyve.com.