Monitoring System Enhancing the Potential of Urban Beekeeping

Urban beekeeping has become increasingly popular, despite having different objectives than the large-scale professional/commercial one. Not so much focused on financial profit, urban apiculture provides valuable educational opportunities, promotes greening of cities, and creates environmental awareness. Many companies institutions make it a component their public relations strategy. benefits may be enhanced by applying specialized technical infrastructure. In particular, use modern technologies attracts younger generation to involved in beekeeping. This paper aims present abilities automatic monitoring system, which meets goals The set equipment consists sensor module, video cameras, unit for data acquisition, system transmission, presentation, visualization. allows real-time observation beehive interior entrance. It continuously measures selected physical chemical parameters atmosphere record beehive’s weight. Additionally, ambient air is monitored reference. streaming measurement results are available online through dedicated webpage. System performance was evaluated regarding interactions with honey bees, characteristics, collection efficiency. Three months operation apiary confirmed that fully functional fulfills its objectives. development continues.