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This Sensor Lets Beekeepers Catch Bees Before They Do Each Other Dirty – Gizmodo Australia

Our friends the bees have certain behaviours that are unhealthy to the hive and scary for passersby. One behaviour, swarming, happens when a hive splits naturally…

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Our friends the bees have certain behaviours that are unhealthy to the hive and scary for passersby. One behaviour, swarming, happens when a hive splits naturally with a group of bees following a new queen. This is a delicate time for the hive and could result in starved bees and a dead queen. In other words, its bad.
One beekeeper, Herbert M. Aumann, has a solution. His system is a small vibrational and motion sensor that attaches to the outside of a hive and transmits data on the bees behaviour….

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