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# Open Source Beehive
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/open-source-beehive/
- Published: 2014-03-19T12:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2016-06-15T17:29:51.000Z
- Description: An initiative launched by eco-technologists to save dwindling bee populations
- Author: Maks Fus Mickiewicz
- Tags: Seeds, Technology, #protein, #Import 2024-06-11 13:25

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It’s no secret that the future of our fragile eco-system lies quite precariously on the conservation of the humble bumblebee. To save the dwindling bee population in urban areas eco-technologists have recently launched a global citizen science project called [Open Source Beehives](http://www.opensourcebeehives.net/?ref=protein.xyz).   
  
The campaign urges citizens to take bee conservation into their own hands (and backyards) using smart, 3D printable beehives. Currently seeking funding through [Indiegogo](http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/open-source-beehives?ref=protein.xyz), for just $15 you can download and print a beehive to be installed in your backyard. For a little bit more you can opt to have a flatpack version delivered straight to your front door, and for $600 you will be gifted a sensor kit to install inside the beehive. The sensors transmit invaluable data to citizen project [The Smart Citizen Kit](http://www.smartcitizen.me/?ref=protein.xyz), to be used to investigate potential reasons for the bees' dwindling numbers.  
  
A collaborative project between [Fab Lab Barcelona](http://www.fablabbcn.org/?ref=protein.xyz), Denver based [Open Tech Collaborative](http://opentechcollaborative.cc/?ref=protein.xyz), and Brussels venture [Valldaura](http://www.valldaura.net/?ref=protein.xyz), the project highlights concerns over our treasured bumblebee. Much like [Sky Hive](https://www.prote.in/en/feed/2012/07/sky-hive?ref=protein.xyz) and [Bee Museum](https://www.prote.in/en/feed/2013/08/bee-museum?ref=protein.xyz) before it, Open Source Beehives is yet another effort to build buzz around the threat of a declining bee population  

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