Summary
- Profile Type
- Business Offer
- POD Reference
- BORS20230705004
- Term of Validity
- 7 July 2023 - 6 July 2024
- Company's Country
- Serbia
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement
- Targeted Countries
- All countries
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General information
- Short Summary
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A Serbian start-up, specialized in beekeeping, has developed an innovative device for an ecological varroa removal from bee hive. Advantages over existing ecological and non-ecological solutions are:
• 90% efficiency
• Complete automation compared to manual existing solutions
• Varroa does not develop resistance and there is no waiting period.
The company is interested in finding distributors through a commercial agreement. - Full Description
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This Serbian start-up is engaged in the production and sale of a device for beekeeping. They have developed and patented an innovative device that makes the bee hive ecological and anti-infestation, by removing bee ticks in an ecological and automated way. The varroa, as the biggest epidemic in the apiary world, can lead to 50% of the death rate of bee communities during the season if not treated properly. The idea for this innovation arose as a result of a problem they had themselves. The innovative solution was realized with the knowledge acquired over generations in one of the owners’ family along with formal education in the field of electrical engineering.
This start-up is young, created in 2022, while the development of the innovation took two years, with the support of national innovative funds. From 2022, the company has the distributor for the Balkan market.
The innovative device for organic removal of varroa is protected by the patent. The novelties of this device are the sprayer and the automation of the process.
These novelties made it possible to release a certain amount of formic acid into the evaporator located in the hive at equal time intervals. Until now, formic acid was implemented manually using a sponge that was placed on the honeycomb from which formic acid was poured and required opening the hive every few days, which disturbs its microclimate. The device removes varroa on bees and bee brood, which was not the case with the existing solutions.
If a beekeeper uses current non-ecological means, they will have problems like:
• manually to treat varroa, then
• to wait for six months to safely sell honey, which means a loss of 48 euro per a bee hive,
• after a few seasons, the varroa will increase its resistance to it.
If the beekeeper uses the current eco solutions, again, they will face with problems like
• manually treatment
• high temperature which device crates, which is harmful for the bees,
• and the current application of the formic acid is efficient up to 70%.
Additionally, in comparison with all the other ecological and non-ecological solutions which require 3 to 7 days of working in an apiary, the company’s innovative device requires a single visit.
Aforementioned problems are solved with the company’s innovative device, which means:
• a single visit to the apiary,
• 90% efficiency,
• no additional costs and
• competitive price.
The company is interested in entering EU market with the aim to help non-organic beekeepers to become organic one with the possibility to earn 60% more on selling organic honey. Therefore, the company is targeting distributors with connections to beekeeping associations through a commercial agreement. The company will provide the innovative device with adjustments if needed and promotional material and instructions. - Advantages and Innovations
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The company has the following advantages:
• One of the company’s owners is a beekeeper with a half a century family tradition in beekeeping.
• The business and product development are supported through domestic innovation funds.
• The company has a distributor for the Balkan market
The product/service has the following advantages:
• Increased varroa treatment efficiency (from existing 70% to >90%) while meeting all environmental standards.
• Varroa does not develop resistance nor does it require a waiting period, compared to existing ecological and non-ecological solutions where the waiting period is 6 months and they develop resistance
• The process is automated compared to the manual application of existing ecological and non-ecological solutions
• The device does not disrupt the normal functioning of the bee colony and is fully compatible with all types of hives, and does not require the beekeeper to change the infrastructure of the apiary.
• With a solar panel that is an integral part, the device is completely autonomous and does not require a visit for a period of 21 days, which is not the case with existing solutions.
• This innovative device enables to non-ecological beekeepers to become organic one and earn 60% more on selling their final product - honey.
• 7 times low prices of the innovative device compared to the competition. - Stage of Development
- Already on the market
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 2: Zero HungerGoal 3: Good Health and Well-being
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
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Type: industry
Activity: distributors dealing with the sale and distribution of agricultural products with a special focus on beekeeping
Role: the distributor is expected to carry out distribution in the entrusted territory to the points of sale for which beekeepers in that territory show the greatest interest. - Type and Size of Partner
- SME <=10SME 11-49SME 50 - 249
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement
Call details
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Dissemination
- Technology keywords
- 01001001 - Automation, Robotics Control Systems07001001 - Agriculture Machinery / Technology06005002 - Sensors & Wireless products
- Market keywords
- 07002005 - Other retailing09005 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Animal Husbandry & Related Products08003007 - Other industrial equipment and machinery05009003 - Animal health
- Sector Groups Involved
- Agri-Food
- Targeted countries
- All countries