HIVE SCALE PORTAL OVERVIEW

Jonathan R. Engelsma, Ph.D.GVSU School of Computing

Web Portal

Researchers

Beekeepers

System Admin

Hives w/Scales

3rd party API

Capture AnnotationsLocation capture:

Display by date: Generate PDF Reports

RESPONSIVE DESIGN

• Accomplished via Twitter Bootstrap Framework.

• Works well on smartphones / tablets.

WHY INVEST IN AN ELECTRONIC HIVE SCALE?

• Correlate 24 x 7 weight loss/gain with real world bee events that matter to you

• Share and learn with your local beekeeping community

• “serendipitous” learning opportunities

WHY SEND DATA TO BIP?

• Be a “citizen scientist” by generating and sharing data sets that will ultimately benefit honeybees, yourself and the beekeeping community you belong to.

SUPPORTED MANUFACTURERS

• SolutionBee (B-Ware Smart Monitor product)

• Arnia

• BeeWatch (Basic & Professional)

WHAT YOU SHOULD DO

• Carefully annotate your data.

• Set your approximate GPS coordinates.

• SHARE your data set.

• public, limited, and/or on the BIP map!

Public MAP: http://beeinformed.org/hive-scale-program/

Contact: jonathan.engelsma@gvsu.edu

BIP Scale Program: http://beeinformed.org/hive-scale-program/