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Coastal forests · Smart beekeeping
To Bee or not to Bee 🐝
IoT for Beekeeping
"If the bee disappears from the surface of the Earth, man would have no more than four years left to live"
beesNco delivers real‑time IoT intelligence that stops theft, detects climate stress, and builds traceability from hive to export — designed for Suriname's coastal forests and mangrove ecosystems.
Anti‑theft
Climate resilient
Export‑ready
Hive #07
geofence active
🌡️ temp/humidity 32°C · 78%
⚖️ weight +1.2 kg
🎙️ acoustic (queen) present
📡 LoRaWAN signal -54 dBm
last sync: 2 min ago
Commewijne · 3 hives online 🌴
Suriname's Potential
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Coastal forests
Exceptional for beekeeping
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Pollinators
Parwa & mangrove
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Protectors
Coastal forests
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Environmental sensors
Oil & gas monitoring
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Honest honey
High global demand
What Problems
Beekeeping in remote areas, forests or swamps in harsh environments. Clashes between bees and humans in urban areas. Fake honey in our stores. Low‑tech approach.
Theft & Vandalism
LPWAN geofencing with tilt/shock alerts — instant notifications when hives are moved.
LoRaWAN + GPSClimate Stress
Internal/external temp, humidity & CO₂ tracking. Predictive alerts for colony abandonment.
5‑sensor arrayDisease & Pests
Acoustic CNN detects Varroa mite activity and queen presence with 96% accuracy.
ML on ESP32Forage Health
Weight‑gain patterns mapped against vegetation health. Protects Parwa & mangrove.
scale + satelliteExport Compliance
Continuous environmental and treatment logs — traceability for EU certification.
blockchain‑readyBee Keeping the Smart Way
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Monitor & Manage
Colony health & behaviour in real‑time
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Seasonal Factors
Monitor and mitigate effects
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Manage Production
Optimize honey yield
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Live Alerts
Instant warnings & notifications
IoT Enabled Smart Hive
Our smart hive integrates cutting‑edge sensors to monitor colony health, detect theft, and track environmental conditions — all powered by solar energy and connected via LoRaWAN.
Remote monitoring
Hive Weight
Temp & Humidity
Sound of bees
Tamper & Vandalism
Flight activity
GPS & Data
Solar powered
Bees&Co education initiative
Growing the next generation of bee guardians.
For students aged 12 and above
Our goal is to help young people understand bees as essential partners in food, biodiversity, and climate resilience. Through practical school workshops, students will observe bees up close, explore how pollination supports the food system, and discover how technology can help protect healthy hives and habitats.
Hands-on hive learning
Use safe observation activities and demonstrations to build respect for bees and confidence around hives.
Technology for nature
See how smart-hive sensors capture temperature, sound, weight, and activity to support better decisions.
Pollinator-friendly action
Identify local forage plants and design simple ideas for making school grounds more welcoming to pollinators.
Student observation projects
Collect observations, ask questions, and turn local bee and flower activity into a small community science project.
Workshops with purpose
Connect classroom learning with beekeepers, researchers, and community partners working for a healthier Suriname.
Bees&Co Research Hub
Turn the hive into a window on nature.
Parallel R&D track · IoT data into ecological insight
In this context, research means collecting reliable evidence about bees, other flower visitors, plants, and their environment. Pollinators are the animals that move pollen between flowers—mostly bees, but also butterflies, moths, flies, beetles, birds, and bats. Alongside our IoT deployment, Bees&Co connects sensor readings with field observations to show which pollinators visit which plants, when they appear, and how habitat and weather affect them.
Our research standard
A clear question, a repeatable method, local participation, useful data, and a practical conservation or livelihood outcome. A sensor is valuable when it helps answer a question—not simply because it produces data.
Our local opportunity
Build a baseline for Suriname’s coastal forests, mangroves, farms, and apiaries. Link flower visits and colony health to habitat protection, food production, climate resilience, and income for local communities.
Four parallel research tracks
Flower & pollinator map
Record the visitor, plant, location, date, time, and a photo of each flower visit.
Climate & forage
Compare flowering, bee activity, rain, temperature, and hive weight across seasons.
Colony health
Study weight, sound, humidity, temperature, flight activity, pests, and management actions.
Community science
Train beekeepers, students, and residents to collect observations with the same simple protocol.
How the IoT research track works
The smart hive provides continuous measurements; field observations explain what is happening around the hive. Every record combines a consistent date, time, location, habitat, weather note, plant, visitor, photo where possible, and observer with the sensor data available for that period. Together, these streams create an evidence base for research partners and better conservation decisions.
01 · CONNECT
Pair the data
Match field observations with hive weight, temperature, humidity, sound, and activity from the same period.
02 · OBSERVE
Read the habitat
Record flowering plants and the bees, butterflies, flies, and other visitors using them.
03 · COMPARE
Find patterns
Compare activity across seasons, weather conditions, apiaries, and coastal or agricultural habitats.
04 · VERIFY
Check the evidence
Use photos, repeat observations, expert review, and consistent data practices before drawing conclusions.
05 · APPLY
Turn insight into action
Share reports and recommendations that improve hive management and protect pollinator habitat.
Research partnership opportunity: Universities, conservation groups, and community organizations can help validate the method, expand the observation network, interpret the data, and turn Bees&Co sensor intelligence into a stronger picture of Suriname’s pollinator ecosystems.
Stage 2 / parallel track: Suriname Pollinator Watch
As Bees&Co smart hives are deployed, the research track adds structured observations around selected apiaries and flowering habitats. The result is a growing baseline that connects colony conditions, local weather, forage availability, and pollinator activity—data that can be reviewed with scientific and conservation partners.
01 · Observe10-minute flower-visit surveys on a fixed schedule.
02 · MeasurePair observations with hive and weather sensor data.
03 · VerifyUse photos, expert review, and an open data standard.
04 · SharePublish maps, seasonal reports, and conservation actions.
Our approach is informed by pollinator network monitoring and community-led biodiversity research. Bees&Co welcomes scientific and conservation partners to strengthen the work and interpret the results.
Commercial Evolution
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Scaling production
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Product packaging
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Presentation & Visibility
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Web shop
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Certify & Export
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Logistics partner(s)
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Surinamese Honey back in every household (all over the world)
From Monitoring to Global Export
Today we watch. Tomorrow we automate. The future we export.
Phase 1
The Watchtower
IoT monitoring: theft prevention, climate resilience, disease detection. 50 pilot hives across Suriname.
Phase 2
Autonomous Apiary
Automated ventilation, feeder systems, swarm prediction. 250 hives with predictive analytics.
Phase 3
Suriname Honey Lab
Standardised quality analysis, blockchain traceability, direct‑to‑EU export partnerships.
EU traceability regulations require documented origin and residue controls. beesNco’s architecture ensures Suriname’s honey is export‑preferred. 🍯
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Liesbeth Fung A Foek
Bee Specialist
Theo Boomsma
Project Manager
Julie Sundar
Developer
Maxvantleven
Field Engineer
StarterHub · IoT Lab SU
Etnallaan 29, Paramaribo, Suriname
beesNco · R&D hub
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