1. Protecting Pollinators, People & the Planet
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2. Historically…
There was a healthy relationship between pollination, food security, biodiversity, and human wellbeing.
Agriculture provided food and was an important source of jobs
Bees preserved the ecological balance and biodiversity in nature
Until the last few decades…
there was a healthy relationship between pollination, food security, biodiversity, and human wellbeing.
Bees and pollinators were part of a thriving functioning of nature’s ecological systems, sustaining life on Earth, providing us with the food we ate, the air we breathed, the water we drank, and the wellbeing we experienced in nature.
Agricultural plants were an important source of jobs and income for farmers, particularly for small family farms
Bees preserved the ecological balance and biodiversity in nature
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3. The Global Crisis
“Until the last few decades we relied on wild bees to pollinate our vegetables, fruits, nuts and crops
Now a growing number of pollinator species worldwide are being driven toward extinction.”
-2016 IPBES Report
Honey bee Apis Mellifera worker bee (female)
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4. Global Reliance on Pollination
87% of the world’s flowering plant species depend on pollinators
77% of the global food supply depends on pollinators
US $235b-$577b worth of annual global food production relies on pollinators
1.4b jobs worldwide rely on pollinators
“Global synthesis of data reveals honey bees are the world's most important single species of pollinator in natural ecosystems and a key contributor to natural ecosystem functions.
The honey bee's global importance is further underscored when considering that it is but one of tens of thousands of pollinating species in the world, including wasps, flies, beetles, butterflies, moths and other bee species.”
University of California – San Diego, January 10, 2018
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5. The World Bee Project’s programs
Aim to create a sustainable relationship between pollination, food security, biodiversity, and human wellbeing
The World Bee Project:
Hive Network
Farms
Gardens
Eco-label certifications
Aim to create a sustainable relationship between pollination, food security, biodiversity, and human wellbeing
The World Bee Project Hive Network aims to help inform and implement global actions to improve habitats, create more sustainable ecosystems, and improve food security, nutrition and livelihoods. By expanding the knowledge base of farmers, scientists, researchers, beekeepers and policy makers it hopes to help improve the health of managed honey bee colonies for agricultural and food production success.
The World Bee Project Farms: ecological intensification and honey bee and pollinator restoration in smallholder family farms, developing food security, enhancing social inclusion, protecting livelihoods
The World Bee Project Urban Gardens: planting to attract honey bees and other pollinators, growing nutritious food, beekeeping training, creating resilient communities
The World Bee Project eco-label certifications: setting standards for farmers, food suppliers, cities, and the environment
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6. The World Bee Project Hive Network
A global network of remotely monitored honey bee hives
To help inform and implement global actions to improve habitats, create more sustainable ecosystems, and improve food security, nutrition and livelihoods
Knowledge
Insights 
Sharing
Understanding
Enabling agricultural environment monitoring
Helping
A global network of remotely monitored honey bee hives
To help inform and implement global actions to improve habitats, create more sustainable ecosystems, and improve food security, nutrition and livelihoods
Knowledge - contributing to invaluable local and global research projects
Insights on the impact of factors such as land use, agricultural practices and forage quality on the health and productivity of honey bees, as well as to better understanding of diseases, parasites and predatory species and the development of control measures. 
Sharing insights with farmers, researchers, scientists, beekeepers, and policy makers
Understanding pollination deficits, refining understanding of agri-environment monitoring and evaluation, strengthening existing surveillance, supporting the needs of policy
Enabling agricultural environment monitoring - particularly important in developing agricultural economies where beekeeping is also a means of alleviating poverty and maintaining more sustainable agricultural systems
Helping in the development of data driven best practices and beekeeper training and education
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7. The World Bee Project Hive Network & Oracle Cloud partnership
Protect Pollinators, People & the Planet
Global network of remotely monitored World Bee Project connected and coordinated honey bee hives, making use of Oracle Cloud’s AI, data visualisations and analytics to gain new insights from the acoustic data.
To help inform and implement global actions to improve habitats, create more sustainable ecosystems, and improve food security, nutrition and livelihoods
To help improve the health of honey bees for agricultural and food production success by further understanding how this species impacts the ecology and evolutionary dynamics of plant and pollinator species in natural ecosystems
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8. Oracle & World Bee Project Hive Network Architecture
Data Science & AI
NLP, Machine learning, Image recognition, Sound acoustics
Internet of Things
Sensors, Gateway, Secured & Bi-directional Connectivity
API Platform
Data exposed as API, Api Catalog
Real-Time Analytics
Trends, Anomaly detection, Geo location, Real-time events
Mobile Platform
Mobile app, Chat bot
Analytics
Insights, Graphs, Charts
Honey bee Apis Mellifera worker bee (female)
Web Framework
Mobile & Web apps, Custom applications
Data Store
Autonomous, Data warehouse, Summary, API enabled
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9. Oracle & World Bee Project Hive Network Architecture
Oracle Autonomous API Platform
Cloud Service
Oracle & World Bee Project Hive Network Architecture
Oracle Internet of Things
Cloud Service
Oracle Event Hub
Cloud Service
Oracle Analytics
Cloud Service
Oracle Stream Analytics
Cloud Service
Oracle Visual Builder
Cloud Service
Honey bee Apis Mellifera worker bee (female)
Oracle Autonomous Mobile
Cloud Enterprise
Oracle Autonomous Data-Warehouse
Cloud Service
Oracle Data Science
Cloud Service
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10. Oracle & World Bee Project Hive Network
How does it work?
All data collected from individual intelligent sensors placed in WBP hives is sent to Oracle Cloud allowing for real time analysing of vital hive and bee data
Bee
Hives
IoT Gateway(s)
Honey bee Apis Mellifera worker bee (female)
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11. Example of gathered data
Hive weight: Track autumn feeding
Brood Temperature: Bees maintain brood nest temperature to around 35C when queen is laying.
Honey bee Apis Mellifera worker bee (female)
Brood Humidity (red) with brood temperature (green): Bees also regulate brood humidity. This shows humidity rising in winter
Adding flight noise (green) shows bees have started flying and are active.
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12. Example of 3D gathered data
Healthy Colony
Example of 3D gathered data
NO SWARM
SWARM with Warble
21 days
Swarmed here
Honey bee Apis Mellifera worker bee (female)
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13. Creating a sustainable relationship
between pollination, food security, biodiversity,
and human wellbeing