BeeSpi Revisited
Introduction A few years ago I instrumented a couple of hives using a Raspberry Pi connected to a camera that was illuminated by infrared LEDs, and temperature and humidity sensors. The data I captured was sent to the cloud using MQTT, and it all looked rather nice. However, it eventually became tiresome for several reasons: Opening the hives was awkward because of the wires. IR photos of bees wandering between the frames are uninspiring. Power and connectivity were difficult because of the distant location. The data did not really tell me anything. There are probably other issues too, but these were the main annoyances. However, I realise that there must be value to capturing sensor data from the hive, although these issues need to be overcome. So, I have decided to revisit the project but this time I want to capture the important data in a manageable way. So this is the first in a series of creating a more modern solution to spy on the bees. Requirements & Goals I think th...
