The hives
Locally manufactured, solar-powered smart hives. Three designs for different beekeepers, each built to be monitored and protected.
Top Bar Hive
A smart hive in the top bar tradition. A solar panel powers an IoT control unit with temperature, humidity and weight sensors, so you can follow the colony in real time, get alerts, and inspect far less often. Two half-length viewing windows let you watch the bees in action.
Features
- Solar panel, for continuous operation
- IoT antenna, for real-time data transmission
- Control unit, processes sensor data and controls thermoregulation
- Temperature & humidity sensor
- Weight sensor, tracks hive mass and activity
- Screened bottom board that converts to a solid bottom board in seconds
- Two half-length viewing windows
- Sturdy legs made from treated wood
The Smart App for remote monitoring is planned.
Price on request
Warré Hive Full Kit
Our flagship smart hive. A vertical, stackable hive in the Warré tradition, complete in one kit and fitted with the Smart Hives solar-powered monitoring system. Two boxes with viewing windows let you see the colony without opening the hive, while the quilt box and composite roof protect the bees from heat and weather.
What's in the kit
- 2 Warré boxes with windows
- Composite roof
- Quilt box
- Base
- Feet
- Solar panel and Smart Hives control unit (as pictured)
Price on request
Mason Bee House
A solar-powered home for solitary mason bees, which are valuable pollinators for gardens, orchards and crops. Nesting tubes sit behind a sloped wooden roof topped with a solar panel, and a Smart Hives control unit is mounted on the side. Designed to hang on a tree or wall.
At a glance
- Nesting tubes for solitary mason bees
- Solar panel on a protective roof
- Smart Hives control unit
- Wall- or tree-mounted
Price on request
Not sure which hive?
Tell us about your apiary and your climate and we'll help you choose. Add the hives you like to your enquiry and we'll come back with prices and availability.