THE BEE ARMY #FIN_EN_INV

HOBBYIST BEEKEEPERS (~ 212K farms)

• Own several (often 2) hives «for the soul» in the yard
• Beekeeping is not the main source of income
• Willing to spend any amount of money to buy cool gadgets to monitor and save their bees

HOBBY

The largest segment generating a lot of sales of expensive configurations.

Are desirable for the Project, including its image, have the ability to demonstrate as many features of the device as possible.

SIDELINE BEEKEEPERS (~ 10K farms)

• Own a few dozens of beehives (possibly 100-200)
• Beekeeping is a secondary source of income
• Care about the wellbeing of beehives, want to avoid significant losses
• Often move beehives for overwintering

SIDELINE

Desirable for the Project as the main cosumer of systems in various configurations and a wide range of different sensors

COMMERCIAL (~1,000 farms)

The most profitable crops in the USA and their dependance on pollination by bees

• Own between a few hundrends to a few thousands beehives
• Beekeeping is the main source of income
• Usually make their money from pollination and beehives sales
• Beehives are being constantly moved
• Experience issues with losing bee colonies during transport due to poor conditions and stealing from where the beehives are stationed

COMMERCIAL

Area of almond plantations and the price of renting the bee colonies

No mass market due to possible extensive expences for consumers. Possible purchase of singular modules of the system (example - GPS positioning)

HOW IT WORKS

SENSORS

The bee colony maintains a constant temperature in the beehive. One may estimate the state of the colony by the temperature in its hive. One can determine the levels of honey in the beehive by its weight.

Sensors can both be independent devices or devices that can be installed in the cover of the beehive

Beehives are often left in the locations with minimal human traffic, but around lots of wildlife that loves honey. The sensors can alert you of shaking or moving and the light or the opening of the cover, which can indicate that something happened to the beehive.

• Temperature/humidity
• Movement/shaking
• Coordinates look-up
• Frequency/noice level
• Light/opening of the cover
• Weight

SENSORS

Commercial beekeepers often move beehives from one spot to another, and it is crucial for them to know where their beehives are at any given moment.

• The set of sensors satisfyes the needs of all types of bee keepers
• All sensors are cordless
• The sensors can work with autonomy for up to 1 year

Bees make noises at low frequencies. By knowing the frequency and the level of noise, one can identify events and issues like the loss of queen bee, readiness to swarm, presence of pestss and overall health of the colony.

HUB

Bee farms are often located far from humans and are left without supervision for months. Hub is used for constant data collection to the cloud and real time alerts about critical events and issues that happen in the hive.

Comes as a sealed and waterproof unit

A security camera can be installed/ connected to the hub if needed.

HUB

• Works in WiFi 2,4 & 5 GHz
• Supports LTE 4G
• Range radius up to 25 meters
• Autonomous work 24/7
• Protection from humidity and dust
• Connect up to 200 sensors

Capatious accamulator and a solar battery ensure uninterrupted work of the hub even in tough weather

Used for collection, preliminary processing, storage and transfer of the data collected from the sensors to the cloud server. Installment of several options is available.

Hub is placed in a sealed and waterproof unit with a handle and a spot for a lock. The lock can be installed to secure the unit or to prevent theft.

CLOUD SERVER

Cloud servers are located in the US and Europe

SERVER

• Graphs monitoring the data with marks of significant events
• Predictive modeling of processes of swarming and wellness of the hive
• Creation and sending notifications about events in the hive

Virtual cloud servers allow for unlimited storage of data during the usage of the system, which can is accessible 24/7 all year round

APP FOR YOUR SMARTPHONE

An app for iOS and Android

APP

• Initial system set up
• Events archive and graphs
• Farms maps
• PUSH notifications
• Subscription

The app is a tool for the initial system set up, its configuration and its monitoring

COMPARISON OF SYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS BY COMPETITOR

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Data from the financial model