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Stories

Deep-dives, explainers and behind-the-scenes of the project.

A hive is a memory that outlives the single bee

A hive is a memory that outlives the single bee

Bees aren't born knowing everything. Part of it they learn from their elders, and then they pass it on. What the science tells us, and why it moves me.

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I built the road before the sensors

I built the road before the sensors

The first data point that makes the whole journey, from the field to the cloud, and why I started with the least spectacular part.

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Every hive tells a story

Every hive tells a story

The trouble is that, to hear it, you usually have to open it. Weight, temperature, sound and flight: what a hive says, signal by signal.

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