If you're going to leave a bunch of $1500 hives in a field, wouldn't it make sense to hide trackers in some of them?
Netflix's Rotten S01E01 covers much of the same material.
Netflix's Rotten S01E01 covers much of the same material.
At least from what I remember it was about a hive owner from Montana (?) who transported his bees to CA.
A fair portion of thefts have been performed by staff at companies too, so that’s worth keeping in mind. Also, get on with neighbours. Putting masses of hives up against a propert boundary, specifically to target Manuka that’s grown next door tends to rile people up.
If losses are high, beekeepers will deploy them. If losses are low, deploying GPS would be more of a fear-based, emotional decision than a rational one.
If the losses are high enough, higher % of trackers would increase ROI (up to a point, depending if trackers were cheap enough). If losses are low enough or trackers very expensive, a few trackers here and there would insure against infrequent "cleaned out" thefts, e.g., serious illness healthcare insurance.
The question of "where are my bees?" can have a real-time answer and carries the benefit of knowing the temperature, humidity and other data available from remote sensors.
But the main issue would be the low profit of any individual hive. Save for some research projects, it wouldn't make sense economically.
If you're talking about home insurance then this is certainly not guaranteed. The primary purpose of home insurance is not in any case to safe you money on small repairs but to protect you from a total loss, say from fire.