beehacker
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n.A beekeeper who uses digital tools and technology to help monitor and manage a collection of hives. Also: bee hacker.—beehacking pp.Example Citations:Ordinary beekeepers may need high-tech help, but it's not clear how they can afford it.Tom Rearick, an electrical engineer, and some fellow "beehackers" are trying to change all that.—Paul Wallich, " Beehackers: http://spectrum.ieee.org/geek-life/hands-on/beehackers," IEEE Spectrum, May 1, 2011This site explores the confluence of beekeeping and technology.—Beehacker, " Welcome To BeeHacker.Com: http://www.beehacker.com/wp/?p=398," beehacker.com, September 11, 2010Earliest Citation:Here's a few tricks.(All of them exploit known bee behavior "errors", so this could be called "bee hacking".)—Jim Fischer, " position of new hives after a split: http://www.beesource.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-188013.html," Beesource, March 9, 2005Notes: Related Words: Categories:
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