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Beeear Part 1 - electronics in beehives

jonasn
jonasn
12 Mar 2023

Before starting with my actual Project, I will tell you about my previous ones. 

But Why? 

As a warning to not put unprotected electronics in beehives, because if you do, whey will not live log.image

This project has only been in a hive for 3 months and stopped working properly, because some LEDs shorted out. image

Bot not only the LEDs where affected, the some other components also failed.image

And in another Project, deployed for the same time, all unused connectors where unusable due to corrosion.

So how can you solve this?

First of all, if you can, place your electronics outside of the hive in a weatherproof enclosure, I will also make another post about those, because even if you think your enclosure is watertight, it might not be. 

If you have to mount something in the hive, you should cover all unused connectors and if possible, add a mesh over all sensors. And for the rest of your project, it might be a good idea to cover it in beewax. This way, your electronics are protected.

I hope this post might help some of you to prevent a premature death of your project.

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  • ntewinkel
    ntewinkel over 2 years ago

    Good advice, thanks!

    Is it because the busy little bees get into all the things? Or is it that beehives are very humid on the inside?

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    dougw over 2 years ago

    Good tip on protecting electronics in a beehive.

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