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HivemindsoftwareengineerAndrewCalder(left)andprojectleaderStephenIronscheckingahive.

HivemindisseekingcrowdfundingontheIndiegogositeforitsWiFibeehivemonitoringtechnology.

Endorsementbyusersofthemonitoringsystemssuggestincreasesinhoneyyieldsbyasmuchas18percent.

Thesystemsallowbeekeeperstoseefromamobiledevicetheirbeesareperformingasexpected-pollinatingandmakinghoney.

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TheHiveminddevicewhichsendsinformationtobeekeepersaboutthestateoftheirhives.

BrothersBerwyn,BenandBryanHoytsetupthecompanyin2012inChristchurchwheretheyarebasedinthecentralcityEpicCentreintheinnovationprecinct.

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Berwynsaidthecrowdfundinghadattracted44investorswhichwas11percentonthewaytoachievinga$36,000targetwith22daystogo.

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OneofthefoundersofChristchurch-basedHivemind,BerwynHoyt.

ThemoneywillgotowardsacampaigntodevelopandcommercialiseanaffordableandaccessibleWiFiversionofHivemind'sflagshipsatellite-basedHiveStrengthMonitor.

TheWiFiversionwouldcostabouta$150flatfeeorapproximately20percentofthesatelliteversion.

TheHivemindScalesandHiveStrengthMonitorarethecompany'sflagshipproductslaunchedin2014whichrangeinpricefrom$175amonthto$850flatfeedependingonthelevelofmonitoringrequired,rangingfromhiveweight,temperature,rainfall,andhivehealth.

Ithassoldnearly300monitoringsystemstocommercialbeekeepersandpollinators,ofteninremotelocationsacrossNewZealand,Australia,andmorerecently,theUnitedStates.

Thetechnologyachievedfinalistrecognitionforinnovationinthe2016NZHiTechAwardsandthe2016NZInnovationAwards.

Thesystemcomeswithsensorsandremotemonitoringsoftwarethatmeasuresbeeactivityandhiveconditions,alertingbeekeeperstochangesinhumidity,temperature,andbeenumbers.

"Wecanalsohelpbeekeeperspickupanyearly

signsoftroubleandpreventorminimiselossofbeesandpotentialspreadofdisease,"Berwynsaid.

"Suddenchangesinactivityortemperaturecouldmeanbeesareswarming,ordyingfromdiseaseorhunger,orthehivesarebeingrobbedbywasps.

ThelaunchofHivemind'ssatellitemodelforcommercialbeepollinatorsandmanukahoneyproducerswaspartlyfundedbyCallaghanInnovation.

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