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May 18, 2022
These beehives look normal, but they have high-tech artificial intelligence systems.
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The hives have a multi-purpose robot that monitors the bees and adjusts their habitat.
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The robots are equipped with sensors, and the AI tells the software what the bees need.
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The robots can automatically dispense sugar, water and medication - thus helping keepers.
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If needed, the keeper is alerted through an app and can intervene remotely, or in person.
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The hives work on solar energy, have adjustable temperatures and can even extract honey.
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The robot hives are kept in a kibbutz, and the project "Beehome" is by an Israeli startup.
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The makers say this technology can help protect increasingly threatened bee colonies.
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A hundred high-tech hives already function in Israel; a dozen have been sent to the US.
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