The most advanced beehive monitor available — 17 real-time sensors, AI-powered daily health reports, and sub-GHz LoRa radio that works miles from any WiFi. Deployed in production apiaries with over-the-air updates and zero-touch provisioning.
ApisNode is a smart beehive monitor built from the ground up — custom hardware, embedded firmware, cloud infrastructure, and AI analytics — purpose-built for continuous, non-invasive hive health tracking. No subscription fees. No WiFi required at the hive. Free trial available for US beekeepers.
A vertically integrated stack — from on-device DSP to cloud AI — with zero manual configuration.
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Sub-GHz · Encrypted
2+ miles line-of-sight
Penetrates hive bodies, brush, and structures — no WiFi needed at the hive
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IoT + AI Analytics
Each ApisNode captures a comprehensive environmental fingerprint at adaptive intervals — from continuous sampling on solar power to multi-hour deep sleep cycles to maximize battery life.
High-precision environmental sensing tracks brood nest temperature stability, pre-swarm signatures, and condensation risk with ±0.1°C accuracy.
On-device FFT extracts spectral features across 100–3600 Hz, covering baseline colony hum, queen piping, waggle dance harmonics, and defensive hissing.
Accelerometer-based spectral decomposition detects waggle dance activity, queen presence indicators, and mechanical disturbance across 5–1000 Hz.
Indoor Air Quality index, equivalent CO₂, and breath VOC measurements detect disease biomarkers like American Foulbrood and respiratory stress.
Full 3-axis gravity vector monitoring detects hive knockover, bear attacks, and vandalism with real-time alerting capabilities.
Atmospheric pressure tracking provides hyper-local weather context that feeds into AI analysis for weather-correlated colony behavior predictions.
Daily automated analysis fuses 24-hour sensor telemetry with peer-reviewed bee science research and field inspection notes to produce actionable colony health reports.
After each daily analysis, you can ask follow-up questions about your colonies. ApisMind combines your live sensor data, inspection history, and peer-reviewed science to answer like a trusted beekeeping partner who knows your hives personally.
You're looking at real-time telemetry from 4 active beehives at our headquarters in Los Alamos, New Mexico — not simulated data. Every reading updates live, every 5 minutes.
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Purpose-designed hardware engineered for years of continuous outdoor operation.
We're selecting beekeepers to receive a complete ApisNode sensor kit for free. In exchange, your anonymized data will power The Open Apiary Project — building the world's most comprehensive apiary health database.
Complete a short application telling us about your apiary, your technical setup, and your beekeeping experience.
Selected applicants receive a complete sensor kit: ApisNode sensor(s), ApisMind gateway, battery, and mounting hardware — shipped to your door.
Install sensors in your hives, connect the gateway to your WiFi, and start contributing real-time scientific data to The Open Apiary Project.
The ApisMind gateway needs a stable WiFi connection to relay data to the cloud.
You should be comfortable with smartphone apps, WiFi setup, and basic troubleshooting.
Your anonymized sensor data contributes to real research through The Open Apiary Project. Keep sensors deployed and powered.
We expect trial users to log hive inspections using the app's voice recorder. These transcriptions train our AI to better understand colony health.
A beehive monitor is an electronic sensor device installed inside or near a hive that continuously tracks environmental conditions — temperature, humidity, sound, vibration — without disturbing the colony. ApisNode captures 17 metrics every 60 seconds and delivers daily AI health reports to your phone.
Yes. ApisNode transmits data via encrypted sub-GHz LoRa radio to the ApisMind gateway, which can be located up to 2 miles away. Only the gateway needs WiFi — the sensor nodes inside your hives do not. Perfect for remote apiaries, orchards, and rural properties.
Our free trial program ships qualified US beekeepers a complete kit — ApisNode sensor, ApisMind gateway, battery, and mounting hardware — at zero cost. In exchange, your anonymized hive data contributes to The Open Apiary Project's national bee health database.
Yes. The system monitors 10 acoustic frequency bands (100–3600 Hz) including the queen-piping range (420–500 Hz) that precedes swarming. Combined with vibration spectral analysis and brood temperature shifts, the AI can detect pre-swarm signatures days in advance.
Daily reports are generated by Claude AI (Amazon Bedrock) grounded in peer-reviewed bee science research. The AI fuses 24 hours of sensor telemetry, outdoor weather baselines from ApisMind, and your voice-transcribed inspection notes to produce health scores, issue detection, and recommended actions.
ApisNode spends 99%+ of its time in deep sleep between 60-second sensing cycles. Battery life depends on interval and capacity, but the system is designed for months of field operation on a single charge, with solar panel compatibility for indefinite deployment.
Whether you're a beekeeper, researcher, or conservationist — we'd love to hear from you.