ForgeBee
ForgeBee is developing automated systems for bee production, distribution, and pollination to address colony collapse and meet agricultural demand. The technology protects bees from environmental stressors and enables on-demand colony delivery, with pollination-limited crops seeing up to 30% yield gains when pollination is sufficient. The platform targets commercial beekeepers and agricultural operations needing reliable pollination for crops like almonds and berries.
- Agriculture Technology
- Industrial Automation
- Hardware
- Robotics
Funding
Raised to date
$120KRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
Founders
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Product
Problem
Bees contribute hundreds of billions of dollars to the global food supply, yet populations are collapsing due to multiple environmental and commercial factors. This decline threatens crop pollination and food security worldwide, while traditional beekeeping methods struggle to produce and deliver healthy colonies at the scale and speed required.
Solution
ForgeBee is developing and scaling automated solutions for superior bee production, distribution, and pollination. The company’s technology protects bees from the factors driving population collapse and makes healthy colonies available on-demand wherever and whenever they are needed. By producing bees at scale, ForgeBee enables beekeepers to maximize pollination for their clients' crops, directly addressing the bottleneck between bee supply and agricultural demand. The platform represents a new approach to beekeeping that shifts from manual, vulnerable colony management to automated, resilient production systems.
Target Audience
Primary customers are commercial beekeepers and agricultural operations that require reliable pollination services for crops such as almonds, berries, and other pollination-dependent produce.
Features
- Automated production systems designed to scale bee colony output beyond traditional manual beekeeping methods
- Protective technology that mitigates environmental and commercial stressors implicated in colony collapse
- On-demand colony delivery model that matches healthy bees with pollination needs at specific times and locations
- Platform engineering aimed at consistent, repeatable colony health and distribution, supporting pollination yield gains of up to 30% in limited crops
- Technology developed with federal validation, including early platform development support from DARPA and SBIR programs