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Sight Automation Announces Community initiative on world bee day 2024
The team at Sight Automation were pleased to announce our support to a community initiative to support World Bee Day 2024. World Bee Day was set up in order to strengthen measures aimed at protecting bees and other pollinators, which significantly contribute to solving the problems related to the global food supply.
On Monday 20th May (World Bee Day 2024), Sight Automation were happy to announce a new community initiative aimed at helping beekeepers in Denbighshire. This included the installation of a remote weather station, that will help the beekeepers plan their hive inspections around the weather conditions.
As anyone who has ever come across an angry or unhappy bee will know that getting stung is rather painful to us, but is also bad for the bees, as this results in their death. This means that the beekeepers need to inspect their hives in the correct weather conditions. It cannot be too cold, too windy or raining, as the colony will become irritated if a hive is open and the bees become cold and wet.
Imagine sitting on the sofa and watching your favourite tv programme, and someone comes along and pulls the roof off your house, you would not be happy. This is exactly why the beekeepers want to keep the bees as happy as possible during the inspections, to prevent them from stinging. Therefore it is very important to chose the right time to go for an inspection.
Keeping the Bees Happy
If the bees become too irritated they may swarm, which results in the loss of most of the bees, including the Queen. Swarming is one of the natural ways of a colony reproducing, but is often down to poor beekeeping. If swarms are managed correctly there are very few problems, but if they’re badly managed, the beekeeper will lose the colony and may struggle to keep the remaining bees alive without a Queen.
The community initiative will allow local beekeepers to have an accurate account of the weather, as weather apps cannot be relied upon as conditions can change very quickly, or not match what the app states. This will help the beekeepers pick the correct times to inspect, and it also has the added bonus of reducing unnecessary trips, meaning that CO2 emissions are reduced in the local area.
To find out more about World Bee Day, head on over to the United Nations webpage on the importance of World Bee Day and how you can get involved.
GENERAL PROJECT DETAILS
Project Name – Project Honeycomb
Location – Denbighshire, North Wales
Sector – Community Initiative
Services – Remote Monitoring, Sustainability, Ecology, Environmental, Community Engagement
