The primary element of the B-ware™ Beehive Monitoring System is the B-ware™ Smart Hive Monitor. The Smart Hive Monitor measures and stores weight and temperature readings every hour. These readings are very precise and can measure even very slight changes in beehive weight. Hive monitors can be read either with a handheld device such an Android smartphone or iPhone.

The HM-6 is WiFi enabled so it can be configured to connect to your home router and have the data sent automatically and directly to the cloud without a visit to the beehive.

Alternatively, during each beehive visit, individual monitors can be read one-by-one by beekeepers with the Solutionbee B-ware™ Phone App loaded on their Android or iOS smartphone. An NFC connection is quickly and easily established and the data is downloaded to the phone – and uploaded from there to the Internet if the smartphone is in WiFi or cell tower range.

HM-6 Highlights

1) Durable, high-quality outdoor scale
2) True weight (no estimates). We use high quality, temperature compensated load cells in the HM-5.
3) Extremely long battery life (>3 years). Battery is replaceable.
4) Connects directly and wirelessly to your nearby WiFi router.

The HM-6H WiFi Smart Hive Monitor has the same features as the HM-6 but has a higher weight capacity, 350 kg, 770 lbs, for very heavy beehives. The HM-6H measures and stores accurate weight and temperature readings every hour and also transmits the data automatically via WiFi. In remote beeyards, the data can be read with your Android or iPhone smartphone. The data is precise and even very slight changes in beehive weight are measurable.

The HM-6H WiFi Advantage:

• Uses WiFi for backyard and remote uploads where there is WiFi coverage.
• Use with the HiveHub™ for remote locations without WiFi or locally using a smartphone.
• Easy and fast connection to the Internet Cloud for insightful data analysis.
• Save travel time to your beeyards by remotely monitoring your hives.

The HM-6H follows the Solutionbee tradition of long battery life and technical excellence.

The HM-1 is an important tool to monitor and manage your hives. It uses the same B-Ware smartphone app as the HM-5 and HM-20 hive monitors. Further, the HM-1 data can be associated with the HM-5/HM-20’s that are on the same hive and allow the beekeeper to view the data together on the same graphs.

The HM-1 comes as a deep or medium frame with the sensor embedded in a cage that forms part of the frame. The sensor is easily removable for battery maintenance. Further for top bar hives, the sensor can be removed from the frames and placed where desired inside the hive.

The B-ware™ Mobile App is a crucial tool in operating your B-ware Monitoring System and works with the HM-6 and HM-1. The app will connect your smartphone or other handheld device to your Smart Hive Monitors with reliable Bluetooth communications and give you access to the monitor data. After uploading the monitor data to your smartphone, the app can upload the same data to the Internet, if it is within cell tower range or do so on a delayed basis once it enters cell tower range.

The B-ware Mobile App is also needed for configuring the HM-6 to connect it to your home router.

This multifunctional tool has the following features:

Live Data: See the real-time weight of your hive and ambient temperature.
View Data: View your weight and temperature data on interactive graphs after uploading your monitor data.
Read New Data: Upload all new weight and temperature data since the last reading.
Upload Data: Upload your monitor data to the Internet so that it is viewable through your favorite browser.
Set GPS Location: Set the GPS location of your monitored hives.

The B-ware™ Cellular HiveHub™ communications gateway is a turnkey solution that enables remote and automatic monitoring of your HM-6 beehive monitors and other WiFi-enabled sensors. The flexible system architecture of the B-ware™ solution allows ready adaptation to future technology by creating a local WiFi hotspot in your beeyard.

Benefits of the B-ware™ Cellular HiveHub™ include:

• Remote communication of all bee yard hive monitor data, allowing remote analysis of data without visiting the site. Greatly facilitate bee yard optimization and advanced hive maintenance planning.
• Real time alerts from monitors allowing rapid response to undesired bee yard events such as wildlife activity or theft.
• Modular architecture allowing maximum adaptability of communications technology, battery maintenance, and integration of future monitors and sensors