Smart hives and dancing robot bees could boost sustainable beekeeping
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers are using big data and smart technologies to improve conditions for bees and guide beekeepers. With an electronic “ping,” Professor Dirk de Graaf gets an alert on his smartphone. It’s a message from a beehive that’s in trouble. De Graaf, a professor of biomedical physiology and insect physiology and head