Your apiary is showing mixed signals on this May morning. Four of your five hives are maintaining healthy brood temperatures (34–35°C) with normal humidity and stable thermoregulation, which is excellent for this time of year. However, Hive #2 is displaying notably low humidity (37.89%) and elevated eCO2 (1320 ppm) alongside rising bVOC (3.21 ppm), suggesting possible ventilation stress or early moisture issues. Additionally, your May 6th inspection notes the absence of a queen in your test node, and you're currently flying blind on that hive's status — follow-up inspection is overdue.
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node_2662 healthy Score: 82/100📋 Overall Health
Your Iris hive is performing beautifully right now. Brood temperature sits perfectly at 34.68°C with ideal humidity at 53.17%, and the sound spectrum shows flat, evenly distributed energy across all frequency bands (0.42–0.54), indicating a calm, well-organized colony with no sign of swarming distress or queenlessness. The 8° tilt is within normal tolerance, battery is strong at 4078 mV, and IAQ at 52 signals excellent ventilation. This hive looks ready for a strong spring build-up.
▹ Action: Continue monitoring weekly for swarm preparation (watch for rising 200–350 Hz energy or temperature climbing above 36°C).▹ Action: Maintain current hive stand orientation — tilt is stable and healthy. -
node_44812 healthy Score: 79/100📋 Overall Health
Your Hive #1 is performing solidly. Brood temperature at 34.35°C is slightly on the cool end of the healthy range but stable, humidity at 45.1% is acceptable for spring buildup, and IAQ/eCO2/bVOC levels (110 / 1232 ppm / 2.63 ppm) are within normal bounds. The sound spectrum shows a notable spike in the 100–150 Hz band (0.588) and elevation in 350–420 Hz (0.569) and 500–600 Hz (0.596), consistent with active brood rearing and fanning behavior. Vibration is moderate and consistent. The 4° tilt is ideal.
⚠️ Issue: Humidity trending toward the lower boundary (45.1%) — monitor to ensure it doesn't drop further.▹ Action: Monitor humidity trend over the next week; if it drops below 40%, check ventilation as you would for Hive #2.▹ Action: Sound spectrum elevation in 100–150 Hz and 350–420 Hz suggests strong brood activity — this is positive for spring. Watch for any shift toward 420–500 Hz (queen piping), which could signal pre-swarm activity. -
node_34225 warning Score: 58/100📋 Overall Health
Your Hive #2 is sending a caution signal. While brood temperature is solid at 34.74°C, humidity has dropped to 37.89%—noticeably below the healthy 50–70% range—and eCO2 has spiked to 1320 ppm with bVOC rising to 3.21 ppm. This trio suggests ventilation strain or possible early drying stress. The sound spectrum shows a modest elevation in the 200–260 Hz band (0.553) and 500–600 Hz (0.529), hinting at increased colony activity or compensation fanning, and vibration bands are unusually elevated across the board (0.54–0.55), indicating sustained high effort. The 24-hour humidity fluctuation (37.8–43.9%) shows the hive is struggling to maintain moisture.
⚠️ Issue: Low humidity (37.89%) below the optimal 50–70% range — risk of larval desiccation.⚠️ Issue: Elevated eCO2 (1320 ppm) and bVOC (3.21 ppm) suggesting possible ventilation blockage or moisture stress.⚠️ Issue: Elevated vibration across all bands — bees are working harder than hive #1 and #3 to regulate conditions.▹ Action: Inspect this hive within 48 hours: check for blocked entrance, propolis accumulation, or comb defects restricting airflow.▹ Action: Verify adequate ventilation — ensure upper entrance/vent is clear and not obstructed by propolis or debris.▹ Action: If humidity remains <40% after clearing ventilation, consider adding a frame of sealed brood from a strong hive to boost population and humidity recovery.▹ Action: Retest humidity and eCO2 in 3–5 days; if still elevated, consider feeding sugar syrup to help bees focus on brood care rather than foraging. -
node_55484 warning Score: 45/100📋 Overall Health
Your Beta Node has no telemetry data in the last 24 hours. This is the hive where you noted on May 6th that the queen was NOT seen and eggs were NOT seen. Without live sensor data, you're operating completely blind on this colony's status. This is a critical information gap — the hive may be queenless, in decline, or the sensor may be offline.
⚠️ Issue: No sensor telemetry in last 24 hours — unable to assess hive condition.⚠️ Issue: May 6th inspection noted: queen absent, no eggs visible — consistent with possible queenlessness or early colony collapse.⚠️ Issue: Unknown if this is a sensor failure or a genuine colony emergency.▹ Action: URGENT: Perform a full visual inspection this week. Check for live queen, eggs, sealed brood, and overall population.▹ Action: If the queen is still absent and no eggs are present, consider introducing a mated queen or allowing the colony to requeen naturally if you see capped queen cells.▹ Action: If the hive is queenless with no queen cells and insufficient population, consider combining it with a stronger hive (like Hive #3) to preserve the workforce.▹ Action: Check the sensor battery and connectivity — power off and reseat the device if telemetry remains offline.▹ Action: If the hive is genuinely dead or too weak to save, mark it for cleanup and monitor for robber bees attacking neighboring colonies. -
node_547 healthy Score: 81/100📋 Overall Health
Your Hive #3 is thriving. Brood temperature at 34.7°C is ideal, humidity at 48.07% is in the sweet spot, and gas metrics (IAQ 107 / eCO2 1224 ppm / bVOC 2.58 ppm) are stable and healthy. The sound spectrum shows a nice peak in the 260–350 Hz range (0.561), the colony's fundamental frequency band, indicating structured queen-right colony acoustics. Vibration is lower than Hive #2, suggesting efficient, calm colony work. The 6° tilt is excellent.
▹ Action: This hive is a benchmark for your apiary right now — compare Hive #2's metrics against this one to guide your troubleshooting.▹ Action: Continue weekly monitoring for swarm preparation (watch for rising temps or acoustic shifts toward 400–500 Hz).