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Links to hives have moved to [http://hivetool.net hivetool.net]<br></div>]]
== Order a Hive Monitor Kit==
[http://hivetool.org/dev_kit_order.pl Order Form for the Hive Monitor Kit] HiveTool Monitor Kits are made available through the kindness and hard work of volunteers at The Center for Honey Bee Research, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. They assemble and test the Hive Interface circuit broad, provide sensors and accessories and fulfill and track orders. Thanks!
== HiveTool™ ==
HiveTool™ is a collection of readily available, off-the-shelf [[hardware]] and free, open source [[Software:_Overview|software]] that continuously monitors a beehive. Computerized hive monitors provide real time and historic data and graphs of weight, internal and ambient temperature, humidity and light levels which give the beekeeper a noninvasive view into the hive. HiveTool won the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsKHckMX0OU2015 2015 Bayer Bee Care Community Leadership Award].
*wiki.Hivetool.org - Documentation, instructions, and a forum for discussions on how to set up a bioserver to monitor a bee hive.
*[http://hivetool.net Hivetool.net] - Access the network of monitored hives: status, graphs, download data, view the video feeds.
==HiveControl™ ==
HiveControl is beekeeper friendly alternative software for use with HiveTool suite of software and hardware.
HiveControl may be used standalone or in conjunction with HiveTool.<br>
HiveControl is at version 1.89, development has diminished in 2017-2018 with sporadic enhancements.<br>
'''Caution HiveControl has NOT been successfully tested with recent versions of Raspbian, backup before attempting an update'''<br>
Main Features:
*Sensor Drivers work with HiveTool Sensor board
*Local & Cloud Data Collection
*Menu Driven Configuration Screens
*Graphical Trends and Dashboard
*Uploads data to HiveTool cloud
*Video Bee Counter<br>
Programmers can learn more about HiveControl on [https://github.com/rcrum003/HiveControl HiveControl Github]
== Uses ==
=== [[Hive Management]] ===
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Knowing what is happening in the hive is crucial to proper hive management. By knowing the beginning, end, and quantity of nectar flows, bee keepers can determine when to add and remove supers, when to move hives and where to locate hives to maximize honey production. [[Hive_Management|Read More]]
=== [[Climate and Land Use Research]] ===
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Plant/pollinator interaction is used to measure the performance of the environment, instead of the performance of individual hives.
[[Climate and Land Use Research|Read More]]
=== [[Education and Bee Science]] ===
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A program to attract students to Science Technology Engineering Math (STEM). Bee science includes agriculture, biology, botany, chemistry, computing, food, industrial arts, math, physics, programming, statistics – in short, something for everyone. [[Education and Bee Science|Read More]]
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== [[Hardware]] ==
===[[Hardware: Hive Interface Board 0.3|New Developer Kit]]===
[[File:P1010016c.jpg|thumb|130px|Dev Kit PCB installed on a Pi 2.]]
An early goal of Hivetool was to develop a $50 scale. A developers kit to get beta units in the field for testing,
gather user feedback, and provide a platform to foster open source community development is available at cost
plus a voluntary contribution ... [[Hardware: Hive Interface Board 0.3|Read More]]
===[[Hardware|Commercial Sensors]]===
A scale hive (or bioserver) consists of a computer (desktop, laptop, router, SBC/SOC such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi Raspberry Pi]), which is used to record, display, and analyze data from sensors such as scales, thermometers, hygrometers, microphones, cameras, photocells and rain gage. Listed below are readily available, commercial, off the shelf products that are currently in use or undergoing development and testing. [[Hardware|Read More]]
== [[Software: Overview]] ==
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For software installation instructions, see '''[[Software:_Overview|How to load hivetool on the Pi]].'''
Hivetool can be used as a:
# [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_logger Data logger] that provides data acquisition and storage.
# Bioserver that displays, streams, analyzes and visualizes the data in addition to data acquisition and storage.
[[Software:_Image_Details|Details of how the image is created]]
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==[[Bee Counter]]==
{| align="right"
| [[File:Tracks.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Tracks]]
| [[File:BeeTrack1 2a.png|thumb|left|300px|BeeCounter]]
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While a scale can reveal nectar flows, orientation flight and the general health of the hive, it doesn't answer all the questions.
A bee counter using low cost off-the-shelf hardware is being designed and tested. [[Bee Counter|Read More.]]
Two different approaches are shown,
*[http://sonic.net/~goddard/home/bees/bees.html Tracks], a video based tracking software.
*[[Bee_counter_software|BeeCounter]], based on openCV libraries.
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== [[How To]] ==
User manual, construction plans, solar design, troubleshooting. [[How To|Read More]]
== [[Hive Selection and Manipulation]] ==
Guidelines from ''Protocol for Scale Hive Measurements of the Honey Bee Nectar Flow''. [[Hive Selection and Manipulation|Read More]]
== [[Data Warehouse]] ==
Since HiveTool™ is open source/open notebook, the entire primary record is publicly available online as it is recorded. Storing, organizing and providing access to the data is necessary. [[Data_Warehouse|Read More]]
== [[Hivetool:About|About]] ==
This open source project is comprised of beekeepers who work in electronics and information technology. Our goal is to produce software tools to monitor, manage and research bees and honey production. [[Hivetool:About|Read More]]
== [[To Do]] ==
Lots to do! Whether you are a web site developer, database administrator, or programmer, there is something for you. Look over the list below - [[To Do|Read More]]
== [[Why]] ==
Why put a computer in a hive? [[Why|Read More]]
== Projects ==
*[http://hivetool.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:HiveTool.org HiveTool 2.0 Bleuetooth low energy]
*[http://hivetool.org/w/index.php?title=Bee_Counter:_Optical_v_0.1 Bee Counter]
*Bioacoustics
*[[Bioserver]]
*[[South Carolina Hive Instrumentation Project]]
*[http://hivetool.org/history History]
== Site Index ==
[[Special:AllPages|Site Index]]
== Contact==
For comments, questions, or suggestions, please send an email to info at hivetool.net.
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