Today, the UIIP of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus discussed apiaries, bee swarms, and flowering rapeseed. And it's not just the scientists' romantic mood. It's the serious work on a new project that Belarusian beekeepers are eagerly awaiting. For now, despite an incredible number of new gadgets and devices, they essentially tend their hives using the old-fashioned method, where each bee colony is treated manually, and the bees' health is monitored by opening the hives, a stressful process for the insects.

The future of beekeeping—and even the near future—seems completely different. In this special area of ​​agriculture, beekeepers will be assisted by AI. Imagine: hives of the future are not just boxes with bees, but intelligent, networked systems that "tell" what's happening inside. Intelligent beekeeping uses nanotechnology, AI, and data analysis to monitor the health of bee colonies and manage hives as efficiently as possible.

It's about transforming traditional beekeeping into a modern technological project. This is precisely what the staff of the Joint Institute for Informatics and Research of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus are working on. Representatives of the Institute of Fruit Growing, including Dmitry  Rakhmatulin, Head of the Scientific Beekeeping Center and Head of the Industry Laboratory, and Anatoly Krivorot, Deputy Director for Research, came to the institute to discuss the project's details. The meeting was moderated by Sergei Kruglikov, Chief Researcher of the Department of Scientific and Methodological Support for Digital Development. Also participating were Sergei Potetenko, Head of the Center for Support of Digital Development at the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and Head of the Department of Scientific and Methodological Support for Digital Development, and Olga Dydo, Head of the Intelligent Services Department.

The transition to new format is much more than just innovation. It increases productivity, ensures the health of bee colonies, reduces losses, and, of course, increases the volume and quality of production.