Instrumented Beehive

Problem Statement

Bees must live in hives that are constantly at optimal conditions. In order to make sure of this, beekeepers must perform manual inspections which takes time and distubrs the bees. There are over 100 million beehives kept globally which makes replacing them with new hives infeasible.

System Specifications

Temperature and humidity sensors can easily be moved within the hive and hive-to-hive
Sensor readings collected every 15 minutes and stored locally
Sensor readings are date and time stamped
Sensor readings are uploaded to a remote monitoring site at least once a day
Hive is located within range of Wi-Fi
Required power is locally generated (solar) and stored in a rechargeable battery
Hive is exposed to and operates in all weather conditions, all day, every day

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Deliverables

PDR MDR CDR FPR Demo Day Poster Final Report

Meet the team

Max Aukshunas

CSE

Manali Palwankar

CSE

Virginia Ng

MIE

Amy Morin

MIE

Benjamin Palazzi

MIE

Phuoc Trong

MIE