Project description
AI to help save busy bees
Bees are miracle workers. As pollinators, these winged insects ensure food security and nutrition and maintain biodiversity and ecosystems. Three out of four crops producing fruit and seeds depend on pollinators. While the demand for pollination increases, bee colonies are collapsing. In this context, the EU-funded BeeHome project will develop a platform designed to automate beekeeping, honey production, and optimise pollination. Powered by robotics and artificial intelligence (AI), the new platform will house up to 40 hives and streamline their activities by tending to the needs of each bee colony, preventing migration and potential problems to keep bees safe and busy.
Fields of science
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturehorticulturefruit growing
- natural sciencesbiological scienceszoologyentomologyapidology
- medical and health scienceshealth sciencesnutrition
- agricultural sciencesanimal and dairy sciencedomestic animalsanimal husbandry
- agricultural sciencesanimal and dairy scienceapiculture
Programme(s)
Funding Scheme
SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1Coordinator
2523300 Oshrat
Israel
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