Sensor Technology

Built to measure the hive without disturbing it.

The Problem

Every inspection is a disruption

Smoke, noise, and an opened lid interrupt the colony's temperature regulation and can take hours to fully settle. The more often you open a hive to check on it, the more you're checking on a hive you've just disturbed.

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The Sensor Kit

Reading the hive, lid closed

The Wingspan Sensor Kit installs directly into the hive body and reads what's happening continuously, without a single lid ever needing to lift. Temperature and humidity sensors sit near the brood nest, where colony health shows up first. A weight sensor built into the hive stand tracks honey stores and swarm risk. An activity sensor at the entrance logs foraging traffic.

How It Works

Temperature and humidity sensors

Positioned near the brood nest, where deviations show up before they become visible problems.

Weight sensor

Built into the stand, tracking stores and sudden changes that often signal swarming.

Entrance activity sensor

Logs foraging traffic, a leading indicator of colony strength.

Low-disturbance installation

Sensors are placed during initial hive assembly, not retrofitted into a colony that's already established.

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Common Questions

Does the hardware disturb the colony?

Sensors close to the bees raise a fair question. The kit is placed in the hive structure itself, not the comb or brood nest, and draws no light or heat into the space bees occupy. The goal of every sensor is less disturbance, not more.