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AgTech · Predictive Beekeeping

Know when your bees
are about to swarm.

BeeSwarmly reads temperature, humidity, acoustics, and weight data from sensors inside your hives — and alerts you days before a swarm event. Stop reacting. Start predicting.

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Hive temperature monitoring Acoustic swarm detection Weight-based alerts 72-hour advance warnings Multi-hive dashboards Works with any apiary size No cellular required Hive temperature monitoring Acoustic swarm detection Weight-based alerts 72-hour advance warnings Multi-hive dashboards Works with any apiary size No cellular required

Three signals. One prediction.

We combine multiple sensor streams into a single, actionable swarm probability score for each hive.

01

Thermal Mapping

Sensors track brood nest temperature and cluster position across the hive body. Rising heat patterns at the hive periphery are one of the earliest indicators that workers are preparing to swarm.

02

Acoustic Analysis

A microphone inside the hive captures worker piping, queen tooting, and changes in the collective hum frequency. Our model recognizes the acoustic signature of pre-swarm agitation 48–72 hours before departure.

03

Weight Tracking

A precision scale under each hive measures colony mass continuously. A sudden drop in foraging weight combined with rising evening mass is a classic swarm precursor our system catches automatically.

I lost four colonies to unexpected swarms last season. This year, BeeSwarmly flagged every pre-swarm event at least two days out. I didn't lose a single hive.

— Marcus Lindahl, Commercial Beekeeper, Oregon

Field-tested across real apiaries.

Numbers from our first two seasons of pilot deployments.

2,400+
Hives monitored
340
Beekeepers enrolled
91%
Swarm prediction accuracy
72
Hour average lead time
Founded 2025
Status Pilot program, open enrollment
Sensors Thermal, acoustic, weight

Built for beekeepers who are tired of guessing.

Every year, beekeepers lose productive colonies to swarms they never saw coming. The queen is laying well, stores look healthy, inspections reveal nothing — and then half the colony leaves overnight. The data to predict these events already exists inside the hive. It just needs the right system to read it.

BeeSwarmly was born from that frustration: a set of affordable sensors, a prediction model trained on real hive data, and a simple alert system that tells beekeepers what their bees are about to do.

Ready to stop losing colonies to surprise swarms?

BeeSwarmly is accepting new beekeepers into our pilot program. Sensor kits ship within a week, and setup takes about twenty minutes per hive. You'll have real-time data on your dashboard by day one.

Pilot access Full sensor suite, all dashboard features
Apiary size Hobbyist to commercial (1–500+ hives)
Pilot pricing Subsidized hardware, free software during trial