Hello,
I'm Walley Erfan Khan, An electrical and electronics engineer. This is my very first blog post on this "Save the bees" project. I'm very thankful for being selected as one of the challengers. It's exhilarating to be a part of the mission to ensure betterment for the bees surviving worldwide. Beekeeping is one of my passions and I'm working on bees since 2017. My expertise is basically in IoT and automation.6 years back, My objective was to apply IoT on beehive to ease the process of beekeeping and saving bees from parasites and wasps.
As I have experience working on bee species physically (such as- mellifera, cerana Indica, florea, this 3 honeybees are pet also. Florea is a little bit wild but are good as pet and their honey tastes soooo good )
(Image: My florea)
(Image: My cerana indica)
I had to face challenges regarding things that are harmful for bees. Luckily, I had opportunity to learn bees' behavior during any danger, like , their movement, temperature inside the beehive, changes in their humming sound.
(Image: My BeeCare Device)
Also, I observed the notable features of wasps like (paper wasp or yellowjacket) and other harmful insects and parasites and worked on how to make them stay away from harming my bees. I became successful to optimise most of these obstacles using my skills in IoT. I have made my very own device and with this beekeeping and caring can be done remotely.
Now, in this "Save the bees" challenge, my focus is to update and modify my project more efficiently with the Nicla Vision & MKR WAN 1310.
Most of the dangerous wasps are yellow jacket/ hornets and larger than pet honeybees.
As far as I gathered knowledge about Nicla Vision, it can easily detect wasp and the hive status like presence of pollen.
The combination of Nicla Vision and MKR WAN 1310 is quite good as I can share data at a distant place which feels practical.
Wait for the Next Blog to know more Updates!