Start-up ApisProtect has joined forces with satellite communications technology firm Inmarsat to scale its global beehive monitoring solutions aimed at reducing colony loss and improving commercial beekeeping yields. Inmarsat will help ApisProtect connect to remote sensors, to be deployed globally. 10 sensors in ApisProtect’s product monitor humidity, CO2, temperature, sound and acceleration data. ApisProtect CEO Fiona Edwards Murphy said hives can be in remote locations without easy access to networks. Inmarsat will provide “essentially a space station that can drop down anywhere on Earth,” she said. The product is currently deployed in the UK, US, South Africa and Ireland.
Start-up ApisProtect has joined forces with satellite communications technology firm Inmarsat to scale its global beehive monitoring solutions aimed at reducing colony loss and improving commercial beekeeping yields. Inmarsat will help ApisProtect connect to remote sensors, to be deployed globally. Five sensors in ApisProtect’s product monitor humidity, CO2, temperature, sound and acceleration data. ApisProtect CEO Fiona Edwards Murphy said hives can be in remote locations without easy access to networks. Inmarsat will provide “essentially a space station that can drop down anywhere on Earth,” she said. The product is currently deployed in the UK, US, South Africa and Ireland.