Miguel Bento is beekeeper since age 13 and over time it is realized that there were problems in the activity that perhaps could be answered with the help of technology. One that has most alarmed beekeepers is the declining number of bees by creating and consequent falls in production of honey.
Together with two friends ended up creating a device e that can be placed in any beehive and allowing the beekeeper to have real-time access to all that goes on inside the bee box: temperature, humidity, number of input and animal outputs and even if the queen is producing the sufficient number of eggs.
Thus was born the Apis Technology and its technology linking intelligently hives and respective producers.
“It is an activity that involves a lot of physical presence and the products that existed were not adapted. We concluded that there was a market to exploit, “explained one of the startup elements, Joel Oliveira, in a conversation with TeK.
The main equipment consists of a small yellow box “loaded” technological sensors that allow you to control the whole environment and the hive ecosystem. This information is shared with the beekeeper distance will control the evolution of its production.
If a hive with the wind tipping over, for example, the user will be prompted by a notification. But if you’re okay, then it is not required to do a survey to their bee colonies. And it is this cost savings that are a major proposal advantages APIs Technology.
Along professionals the issue of competitiveness can generate interest by the module smart, as explained Joel Oliveira, while among enthusiasts is the ability to combine a technological aspect to the activity they both enjoy.
At least this has been the feedback received from contacts they have done. And the team itself has two functional modules in separate hives:. One in Aveiro and another in Penamacor
Joel Oliveira shares with TeK the financial crisis by which Portugal has “invited” many people bet on beekeeping. Altogether there are 17,000 beekeepers officially registered in our country, but the ambitions of APIs Technology go further.
The proof of this is the collaborative funding campaign It was launched on Indiegogo. The Portuguese startup seeks 60,000 euros in order to advance to the module production on a large scale. “We want to unlock the production,” said the company’s element.
With the capital raised the startup also plans to reduce the maximum cost of the equipment, so that beekeepers from different markets can access the technological solution.
Rui da Rocha Ferreira
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