The brief
- About 1,500 BeeHomes were in the field in 2026 per the company, up from 1,240 in June 2025 and about 100 in August 2021.
- Raised nearly $170M in total, including a $50M Series D in June 2025; it projected turning profitable in 2026.
- Customers include Nuveen Natural Capital, Agriland and Olam; a subscription for office buildings began in April 2026.
Technical approach
Inspect
A robot that checks every frame
A gantry robot with cameras lifts each honeycomb frame and photographs it. Vision models look for mites, missing larvae, a lost queen or low food.
Treat
Acting on what it sees
The robot feeds colonies, adjusts heat and airflow and gives treatments. Beekeepers get app alerts; Beewise says manual labour falls about 90%.
Mites
Heat instead of chemicals
Varroa mites, the main killer of managed colonies, tolerate heat worse than bees. A heat chamber kills them; Beewise reports 99% gone, no pesticides.
Service
Pollination sold as a service
BeeHomes are moved into orchards and berry farms at bloom and paid for pollination, so revenue depends on colonies being strong at the right moment.
