US 11,684,045 B2
Mobile indoor controlled apiary system
Kimberly A Drennan, Boulder, CO (US); Justin T Bellucci, Boulder, CO (US); Chelsea Cook, Phoenix, AZ (US); and Diana Glawe, Yellow Springs, OH (US)
Assigned to HiveTech Solutions Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by HiveTech Solutions Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Apr. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/846,208.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/832,254, filed on Apr. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0323177 A1, Oct. 15, 2020
Int. Cl. A01K 47/06 (2006.01); A01K 1/00 (2006.01); A01K 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 47/06 (2013.01) [A01K 1/0047 (2013.01); A01K 29/005 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobile indoor controlled apiary system for accommodating a plurality of hive boxes therein, each one of the plurality of hive boxes containing at least one colony of honeybees therein, the system comprising:
a mobile foundation;
a plurality of insulated panels configured for modular assembly and disassembly to form a structural envelope on top of the mobile foundation, the structural envelope creating a contained indoor environment for housing the plurality of hive boxes therein;
a removable shell surrounding the structural envelope;
a data collection system for gathering environmental data within the structural envelope; and
a climate control system configured for regulating environmental conditions within the structural envelope for each one of the plurality of hive boxes,
wherein the data collection system is further configured for providing measurements of system power consumption for use in optimizing at least one of power draw and battery capacity to operate the mobile indoor controlled apiary system.