Making a Purchasing Decision

Colony monitoring technology is seeing explosive growth. And colony monitoring technology is still in its infancy. New vendors appear frequently while others disappear. Sensors are improving and prices are falling simultaneously. Sensor types and sensor sets are evolving continuously. No doubt the next five years will see as many changes as the previous five.

If the cost of colony monitoring technology appears high, consider the benefits. The benefit of detecting a weak colony early on, of preventing a swarm, of adding a honey super when needed, of harvesting at peak. Detecting these events a couple times a year will pay for the monitoring technology.