Outdoor enclosures help protect bees
Summary
North Scotland suffers shorter summers than most of Britain, which gives the been less time to make the honey that they will rely on for energy during the long, cold winters. Further, the company was able to offer customisation and engineering support, which made them excellent value.” With five hives and a monitoring device for each, Rae has used a Spelsberg TG enclosure, providing IP67 protection against driving rain and snow, as well as IK08 impact resistance. A microprocessor commands a signal, every 15 minutes, that transmits via LoRa, a long range, low power radio modulation technique, with a separate antenna. Equipped with CAD drawings, downloadable from Spelsberg’s website, Rae has designed and installed his own custom bracket to seat the device’s sensors, simply fitting within the enclosure’s internal mounts. While the initial hive monitoring device prototypes are undergoing field validation, Spelsberg’s in-house CNC customisation engineers are available to scale up production as required.