Bangli- Ganesha University of Education (Undiksha) students pay attention to the development of the honey bee farming sector at the Wana Arta Honey Group in Pengejaran Village, Kintamani District, Bangli, Bali. This development was carried out through the Innovillage Program initiated by Telkom Indonesia through the Community Development Center.
This activity was carried out by a student team consisting of Gede Sariasa and two members, namely David Mario Yohanes Samosir and Ni Kadek Pian Siani. The team called the Smart Bee Team went straight into the field, Friday (26/1/2024). They initiated effective innovation for cultivating honey bees through the application of IoT-based smart beehives which can increase the amount of honey production and increase people’s economic income. “So far, livestock activities carried out by the community are still carried out traditionally and there is no touch of technology so they have not been able to have a significant impact on improving the community’s economy. “Apart from that, as students, we also participate in dealing with various community problems through digital-based development that is in line with the objectives of the Social Development Goals (SDGs),” said Team Leader, Gede Sariasa.
It was further stated that through the implementation of IoT-based smart beehives, it is hoped that it will be able to create an improvement in the field of technology which can then help farmers increase the amount of honey production. This smart beehive system can detect temperature which can then be monitored in real-time by honey farmers and in honey bee farming, temperature is something that has a big influence on bee productivity. Apart from that, this smart beehive is equipped with a weight sensor that is capable of accumulating the amount of honey in the beehive so that farmers know the amount of honey without having to open the beehive so that it does not interfere with bee productivity. “It will be completed on February 19, 2024,” he explained.
Supervising lecturer, I Wayan Pardi, S.Pd., M.Pd., said this activity was one of the students’ real actions in transferring knowledge in the field of technology. By implementing IoT-based smart beehives, the community will have a positive impact and also with the training carried out by students, they will be able to help market the honey that has been produced so that there will be an improvement in the community’s economy.
Apart from implementing IoT-based smart beehives, students will also carry out training on packaging and marketing honey products produced by farmers. Currently, the packaging and marketing of honey products is still conventional.
Chairman of the Wana Arta Pursuit Honey Breeders Group, I Ketut Merta Yasa responded positively to the implementation of this program. “In the future, hopefully, more students will enter a field like this to help society so that students can become a light to illuminate society that is still ignorant about technology,” he said. (rls)
