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Keeping Honeybees Healthy with Technology
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July 24, 2018
Ellie Symes went from college student at Indiana University to the CEO of a business all in the name of healthy honeybees.
Symes had a passion for bees and wanted to help others understands the buzz too. So, with the help of a grant, she created a student-run beehive at her university where she and her peers spent countless hours caring for bees and tracking their actions.

It was then when she knew she could do more. So, they decided to do their own research.
As the research started, she found there wasn’t enough data being collected nationwide to determine the ups and downs of bee populations. Keeping her goal in mind, The Bee Corp then started figuring the one thing missing from the industry — data on beehives health.
“The whole thesis, the whole time has been how can we use technology to help beekeepers manage their hives,” Symes said.
The group started using sensors in the hives to collect their data better. They found that understanding the thermodynamics of the hive has been beneficial to not only the honeybees and the beekeepers, but others in the industry who use the bees for pollination such as almond and citrus growers.
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