Digital beekeeping: Integration of the Austrian beekeeping community in the use of digital technologies

Summary

For Austria, the accelerating pace of the global digital transformation presents opportunities and risks, including for beekeeping. The small-scale Austrian structures, the locally characterised infrastructure and the environmental conditions influence beekeeping and beekeeping management. With the help of digital tools, beekeepers can face challenges and colony losses more professionally, exchange information more quickly and in a more targeted manner and work together on projects that could not previously be carried out due to time or cost constraints. The project aims to promote digitalisation in the Austrian beekeeping community.

Project description

The project will initiate digitalisation in the beekeeping sector and promote its implementation. The aim is to support beekeepers in working better together to keep their bees healthy - by providing them with modern and efficient digital tools for problem detection and disease control.

Beekeepers know their needs and challenges best. For this reason, the project aims to reach as many beekeepers as possible to gather their experiences, wishes and fears. This will be used to compile a catalogue of services.

Surveys, workshops, presentations, written and verbal exchanges will serve as methods for this.

Everyone can actively participate:

1. surveys

Here you can find all surveys.

Survey no.1

Survey no. 2 - Software used

Survey no. 3 - Hardware

Survey no. 4 - Hard- Software SYSTEME

If you would like to be informed about future surveys, please contact us.

2. exchange of experience

This can take place in person - for example at conferences, workshops, other events or in writing.

3. workshops

We regularly organise free workshops.

4 Trying out digital tools

Whether you already use digital tools or are still sceptical, we look forward to hearing from you. If you have not yet had any experience with them but would like to change this, we will be happy to support you, just send us an e-mail.

5. tell other beekeepers about this project

If you are interested in taking part, please send us an email to imkerei-digital@ages.at with the relevant subject line: Surveys, sharing experiences, workshops or trying out digital tools or by post to: AGES, Dr Dirk Louis Schorkopf, Department of Apiculture and Bee Protection, Spargelfeldstraße 191, 1220 Vienna.

Benefits of the project

The project aims to encourage as many beekeepers as possible to make sustainable use of digital technologies in order to contribute to increasing agricultural competitiveness and improving bee health.

Project details

Contact: AGES, Dr Dirk Louis Schorkopf, Department of Apiculture and Bee Protection, Spargelfeldstraße 191, 1220 Vienna; e-mail: imkerei-digital@ages.at

Project title: Involving the Austrian beekeeping community in the use of digital technologies

Project acronym: Beekeeping-Digital

Project management: AGES, Dr Dirk Schorkopf, Institute for Seed and Seedlings, Plant Protection Service and Bees

Funding: Federal Ministry of Finance

Projektlaufzeit: 02/2023-01/2025

Last updated: 04.09.2024

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