Israel’s robot hives The kibbutz hopes to keep the bees buzzing
The apiaries created at a kibbutz in Israel’s Galilee act like regular hives, but they’re outfitted with high-tech artificial intelligence technologies designed to assure the pollinators’ survival. “There are two million bees here,” said Shlomki Frankin as he walks into a 12-square-metre container in Kibbutz Beit Haemek in northern Israel. Dubbed “Beehome”, the project is … Read more