The present specification discloses a beehive comprising (i) an exterior wall, (ii) a hive interior, and (iii) an entrance through the wall that allows access and egress of bees to and from the hive interior. A beehive disclosed herein can further comprise (iv) a beehive entrance tunnel having a proximal entrance end at the hive entrance and a distal exit end that extends into the hive interior. In operation, the bees enter the beehive by proceeding along the tunnel; wherein in use of the hive the tunnel is sufficiently elongated that when host bees are present invading pests, e.g. bees or wasps, entering the beehive via the tunnel encounter host bees in the tunnel resulting in attacks in the tunnel by host bees on the invading bees or wasps. Existing hives are modified so as to have such an entrance tunnel.

The present specification discloses a beehive comprising (i) an exterior wall, (ii) a hive interior, and (iii) an entrance through the wall that allows access and egress of bees to and from the hive interior. A beehive disclosed herein can further comprise (iv) a beehive entrance tunnel having a proximal entrance end at the hive entrance and a distal exit end that extends into the hive interior. In operation, the bees enter the beehive by proceeding along the tunnel; wherein in use of the hive the tunnel is sufficiently elongated that when host bees are present invading pests, e.g. bees or wasps, entering the beehive via the tunnel encounter host bees in the tunnel resulting in attacks in the tunnel by host bees on the invading bees or wasps. Existing hives are modified so as to have such an entrance tunnel.

Beehive for a bee species, the bee species comprise pollen collecting bees, the beehive comprising: a plurality of first openings (2) designed such that the pollen collecting bees of the beehive enter the beehive through these first openings (2) and that the pollen collecting bees lose their pollen, when they enter through the first openings (2); and a plurality of second openings designed such that the pollen collecting bees of the beehive can enter the beehive through these second openings (3) and that the pollen collecting bees keep their pollen, when they enter through the second openings (3), wherein the number of second openings is larger than 5% of the total number of openings (2, 3) constituted by the accumulative number of first openings (2) and second openings (3).

Beehive for a bee species, the bee species comprise pollen collecting bees, the beehive comprising: a plurality of first openings (2) designed such that the pollen collecting bees of the beehive enter the beehive through these first openings (2) and that the pollen collecting bees lose their pollen, when they enter through the first openings (2); and a plurality of second openings designed such that the pollen collecting bees of the beehive can enter the beehive through these second openings (3) and that the pollen collecting bees keep their pollen, when they enter through the second openings (3), wherein the number of second openings is larger than 5% of the total number of openings (2, 3) constituted by the accumulative number of first openings (2) and second openings (3).

Monitoring system, device and method for detecting chemicals in an insect environment, such as a beehive or colony. The method can include monitoring the insect environment for the presence or absence of at least one chemical or environmental factor using at least one sensor located within the insect environment, the at least one sensor operative to generate data in response to the presence or absence of at least one chemical or factor in the environment and communicate the data to an associated data processing device, monitoring a population of insects in the insect environment to detect a change in the population or health of insects that make up the population, and generating a correlation between a detected change in the population or health of insects in the insect environment with an increase or decrease of the at least one chemical outside the insect environment.

Monitoring system, device and method for detecting chemicals in an insect environment, such as a beehive or colony. The method can include monitoring the insect environment for the presence or absence of at least one chemical or environmental factor using at least one sensor located within the insect environment, the at least one sensor operative to generate data in response to the presence or absence of at least one chemical or factor in the environment and communicate the data to an associated data processing device, monitoring a population of insects in the insect environment to detect a change in the population or health of insects that make up the population, and generating a correlation between a detected change in the population or health of insects in the insect environment with an increase or decrease of the at least one chemical outside the insect environment.

A system for monitoring a beehive includes a sensor bar. The sensor bar has a physical size and shape to function as a frame bar of a honeybee frame that slides into a chamber of a beehive. The sensor bar includes an enclosure having a plurality of holes, a microphone disposed within the enclosure to record sound emanating through the holes from the beehive, and at least one interior environmental sensor disposed within the enclosure to measure an interior environmental characteristic of the beehive.

A system for monitoring a beehive includes a sensor bar. The sensor bar has a physical size and shape to function as a frame bar of a honeybee frame that slides into a chamber of a beehive. The sensor bar includes an enclosure having a plurality of holes, a microphone disposed within the enclosure to record sound emanating through the holes from the beehive, and at least one interior environmental sensor disposed within the enclosure to measure an interior environmental characteristic of the beehive.

A cognitive hive architecture for determining and managing a hive health index of a hive. The cognitive hive architecture is executable by a processor in communication with a computing device or a computing environment. The cognitive hive architecture includes sensors embedded within the hive. The cognitive hive architecture acquires data from the sensors, which are monitoring real-time conditions of the hive. The data being representative of the real-time conditions. The cognitive hive architecture tags the data to physical identifications and positional identifications to produce tagged data. The cognitive hive architecture associates the tagged data to physical profiles and positional profiles and generates the hive health index based on the physical profiles and the positional profiles.

A cognitive hive architecture for determining and managing a hive health index of a hive. The cognitive hive architecture is executable by a processor in communication with a computing device or a computing environment. The cognitive hive architecture includes sensors embedded within the hive. The cognitive hive architecture acquires data from the sensors, which are monitoring real-time conditions of the hive. The data being representative of the real-time conditions. The cognitive hive architecture tags the data to physical identifications and positional identifications to produce tagged data. The cognitive hive architecture associates the tagged data to physical profiles and positional profiles and generates the hive health index based on the physical profiles and the positional profiles.