Abstract
This paper proposes a holistic management and control system for the apiculture industry (Integrated Beekeeping System of holistic Management and Control – IBSMC). This integrated beehive array system mainly focuses on the regulation of bees living conditions, targeting both minimizing bee swarm mortality and maximizing productivity. Within the proposed IBSMC system architecture, additional security functionalities are implemented for bee monitoring, low energy consumption and incidents response. As a complete unit, the proposed IBSMC system is both a hive conditions monitoring and safety system. It communicates with the outer world using low power RF data transmission and the LoRaWAN transceivers. This paper presents the proposed IBSMC architecture consisting of new beehive cells embedded with functionalities for integrated conditions regulation and security provisions, as well as the communication protocols used for facility-conditions management, incidents’ acquisition and incidents’ response.
Highlights
The Internet of Things (IoT) industry is shifting at a fast pace towards the agricultural sector, aiming for the vast applicability of new technologies
The IBSMC low energy data transmissions and low-cost system sensors and actuators enables the ability of automated extreme conditions interventions coupled with a robust safety and incident reporting mechanism for all types of safety incidents
Functionality of the IBSMC system requires the use of new beehive cells or modifications to existing ones
Summary
The Internet of Things (IoT) industry is shifting at a fast pace towards the agricultural sector, aiming for the vast applicability of new technologies. The proposed Integrated Beekeeping System of holistic Management and Control (IBSMC) system offers both safety as well as conditions monitoring using low power RF data transmissions over a central hive to a cloud-based Information System. Transmitted data include long-range LoRaWAN class A communication via Internet-connected LoRaWAN gateways to the Information System, where collective conditions trends for the beehive array and isolated beehive cells security incidents are stored These IoT technologies are incorporated into the apiculture, trying to reduce the energy footprint and overcome the energy limitations of existing beehive conditions and safety systems that utilize LTE cellular data transmissions. In the following sub-sections, existing security and conditions incident response and management systems are presented
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