Colmenio
Colmenio provides a smart apiculture monitoring system that lets beekeepers track hive weight, temperature, and GPS location remotely through a mobile-friendly web app. The HiveScale device delivers critical alerts for nectar flow, swarming, and theft, and includes a free SIM card with data usage. Customers report a 10-20% yield increase on average.
- Agriculture Technology
- Internet of Things
- Hardware
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Founder details are not available yet.
Product
Problem
Beekeepers often lack real-time visibility into colony health and productivity, leading to delayed responses to threats like swarming, nectar flow changes, or theft. Traditional manual hive inspections are time-consuming, disruptive, and can miss early warning signs of colony distress or loss.
Solution
Colmenio provides a smart apiculture monitoring system that enables beekeepers to manage colonies remotely through real-time data on hive weight, temperature, GPS location, and sound. The system delivers critical alerts for nectar flow, swarming, and theft, while supporting honey traceability and apidology research. Its modular HiveScale device works with any hive and includes a free SIM card and mobile-friendly web app for hourly telemetry updates. The platform also records seasonal activities and analyzes historical data to help beekeepers optimize honey production and colony health.
Target Audience
Primary customers are beekeepers managing one or multiple apiaries, as well as apidology researchers and honey producers seeking to improve yield and traceability.
Features
- HiveScale device measures beehive weight, 24-hour weight change, ambient temperature, and GPS coordinates
- HiveNode (coming soon) adds sound monitoring and in-hive temperature tracking
- Critical alerts for nectar flow, swarming, and theft sent to the beekeeper
- Mobile-friendly web app with hourly telemetry data updates
- Weatherproof and wind-stable design for outdoor use in all conditions
- Works with any hive type and includes a free SIM card with data usage included