Beekeeping, Apiculture
Electronic ID (EID) tracking of beehives
for management and security
Call us on 0800 153153 or 0274 153 153
Why track beehives (and their queens)?
SmartFarmData has a solution for the electronic identification (EID) of honey boxes. The specific solution depends on the beekeeper's objectives and requirements together with the benefits and the costs.
Below are two options for consideration. Other solutions will be developed for your individual needs.
Solution one - Hive up close:
Hive box identification - Each electronic tag has an embedded unique ID plus room for other data. The purpose is to record individual box activities, for example:
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Date at a location
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Harvest date
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Warm room in date
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Floral type
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AFB present
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Excluders in
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Sugar supplement
This data is trasmitted to the office for management purposes.
Components required:
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Electronic tag
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Mobile phone or phone enabled tablet: the phone is the reader, data entry device and the transmitter of the data to the office.
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Mobile app ( one per team leader and /or truck, special requirements would need to be quoted), office data management software.


Hive is identified with EID tag


Data transmitted to the office for management purposes
Mobile phone with App
Solution Two - Hive from a distance:
Hive box identification (id from a distance):
The electronic tags have an embedded unique ID. In the field, high power readers can read the IDs on all boxes within a distance of 3-5m, it is ideal for any inventory count/stocktake at yards
Low power id readers can read individual box activities for example,
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Date at location
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Harvest date
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Warm room in date
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Floral type
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AFB present
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Excluders in
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Sugar supplement
The data is transmitted to the office for management purposes.
Components required:
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Electronic Tag
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ID reader
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Mobile phone or tablet
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Mobile app
One of the problems facing beekeeping today is the demand for accuate, accessable information about hives for:
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eradication schemes
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verification of the location of the beehives
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recording production metrics on individual queens
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breeding elite queens





Hive is identified with EID tag
Scan id from nearby or from distance
Mobile phone with App
Data transmitted to the office for management purposes
What do you get from us:
Support
Support/help to decide the right solution for your needs
Support with the technology
Support with the mobile app

CONTACT US:
CALL US ON 0800 153 153 OR 0274 153 153
