La digital transformation It also comes to the world of honey. Does it with technology applied to beekeeping using the Pthe Innovative Platform for Bee Care (PICA). It aims to facilitate the care of the hives by the producers so that they gain profitability and improvement of the work. It is thus an interesting tool whose objective is to help the entire community apiarian. Next we will tell you everything about much more in detail.
How has this app been possible?
The initiative to launch an application like PICA He left a few years ago from the Coordinator of Organizations of Farmers and Ranchers (COAG) together with the State Entity of Agrarian Insurance (IN THAT). He too Department of agriculture Spanish wanted to support the idea that is now seeing its first results. Within the digital context of the century in which we find ourselves, the objective of all the groups that collaborate is to be able to use technological innovation. In a sector that does not hide from it, although perhaps it is unthinkable to place any possibility between hives, bees and honey.
Bliss technology applied to beekeeping It has devices that are installed in the hives themselves. These are compatible with connectivity systems GRPS and SIGFOX, that is, some protocols with which the app Bee2Keeper. Through this you can consult various data such as the location exact of each hive, its temperature, its moisture or on weight. In addition to other information that the same beekeepers who own or belong to beekeeping associations want to provide.
Objectives of this technology applied to beekeeping
In this context described that could be called as information network around PICA, one of its objectives is precisely to promote, expedite and create coordination links within the community. In this way, a sustainable development of the sector can also be promoted. Other goals go through prevent health and environmental risks, improve profitability hives and even help against the fires. Thanks to the creation of a pollination market, with the data obtained it is possible to detect fires early.
This technology applied to beekeeping is especially useful in the case of phytosanitary treatments carried out by field workers. Strengthening communication between farmers and beekeepers makes it possible to avoid poisoning problems, because information can flow about which chemicals are used, in which fields, when ... In the end, if both sectors are well coordinated, they can obtain mutual benefits instead of harming each other with the exemplified assumption or others that are usually given . It is the case of varroa parasite, a mite that affects the bees in a negative way and that is a headache for beekeeping.
The main benefit of the beekeeper
From any time and place, on his mobile phone, the beekeeper can consult in a way Quick and easy the status of each of your hives. This eliminates physical travel to the field for in-person exploration, saving time and money. It makes it easier for the producer to make well-informed decisions about possible disease prevention or actions against invasive fauna. The latter thanks to alerts of the application itself, which also strives to guarantee the well-being of the farms.
In addition to this main benefit for the beekeeper, the bees they still have their share of advantage. Because by estimating the density of apiaries it is possible to prevent lack of food for them. Other interesting matters of PICA go through the theft insurance and always the confidentiality of the location of the farms. It is clear that this is an attractive tool that beekeepers can begin to use. If you want to know more about it, on the page of the COAG can find more information.
In short, a job that has always been very handmade now he takes advantage of this technology applied to beekeeping as a commitment to innovation. But also to ensure the future of bees on the planet, because we must remember that they are very important in the food chain. They could do nothing wrong with some help from the digital environment that contributes to improving their situation in nature.
