Automated pollinator monitoring for real-time environmental insight

The Sensibee® platform delivers clear, actionable data.

  • Real-time insect monitoring — automated.
  • Understanding biodiversity change in minutes not months.
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Reliable pollinator data leads to better biodiversity decisions.

Our growing network of devices creates unprecedented insight into pollinator health and activity. Together, we can protect these essential species, secure our food supply, and enhance natural ecosystems for future generations.

Deployed across farms, urban developments, and nature reserves including

The pollination crisis

Pollinators are essential

They sustain our crops, represent food for birds and small mammals, and are critical for reproduction of flowering plants. Without them, our ecosystems would collapse.

But their future is at risk:

Long-term studies reveal alarming declines in pollinating species — from bees and butterflies to hoverflies and beetles.

Current monitoring methods fall short:

  • Sparse and fragmented
  • Time-consuming and reliant on specialist expertise
  • Incapable of providing real-time insights
A honeybee collecting pollen from an artificial sunflower, illustrating how pollinators interact with crops

Insects are the most diverse and abundant group of animals that ever lived. They made the world. They maintain the world… If the creatures that made the world disappear entirely, I'm pretty sure we will too.

— George McGavin

Providing answers to critical questions

  1. How can we provide repeatable evidence of biodiversity outcomes and change over time?
  2. What are the best strategies for managing land to support nature recovery?
  3. How successful are our habitat restoration efforts?
  4. When do agricultural sites require pollination support?
  5. What impacts do extreme weather, pesticides, or pollution have on pollinators?
  6. How broadly distributed are particular rare or invasive species?
  7. In which habitats do different species thrive?
  8. How do biodiversity outcomes compare across sites and seasons?
  9. Which conservation actions deliver the greatest results?

The UK alone is home to 1,500 pollinator species, essential for 75% of the food we grow.

Many pollinator species are declining, with many species at risk of extinction.

Pollinator losses endanger our agriculture and ecosystems, disrupting the balance that sustains life on Earth.

Sensibee – automated real-time pollinator monitoring

Sensibee combines non-lethal field devices with live cloud analysis to help protect ecosystems, safeguard crops, and conserve biodiversity. It is provided as a subscription service: devices return to us after deployments to be refurbished, redeployed, and reused wherever possible.

How Sensibee monitors insect biodiversity

Records insect visits

Timestamped photographs from non-lethal field devices

Uploads images

Secure transfer from every monitored site

AI-assisted taxonomic classification

Confidence-scored, with human verification where needed

Auditable evidence & real-time alerts

  • Verifiable photographic records
  • Visit activity, biomass, and taxonomic composition
  • Patterns across sites and seasons
  • Potential pest and invasive-species alerts

Powerful insights at your fingertips

Our platform transforms complex pollinator data into clear, actionable intelligence that helps you:

  • Track and analyse pollinator activity at any scale — from single sites to landscape-wide networks.
  • Make informed decisions with real-time data on species diversity and patterns in insect visit activity.
  • Generate comprehensive evidence-based reports that demonstrate effective environmental management and support strategic planning.
  • AI-assisted taxonomic classification, with confidence scores and human verification where needed.
  • Document each pollinator visit with high-resolution photography for detailed analysis.
  • Access raw data exports (images, inferences, CSVs) for deeper research and custom analytics.

Insect biodiversity intelligence

Screenshot of the Sensibee web platform: a daily visits chart by taxon alongside biodiversity metrics including visits, biomass, Shannon diversity and visitor distribution Activity levels Insect biomass Biodiversity metrics Rare species & pests

Recent detections from Sensibee deployments

Sensibee capture identifying a batman hoverfly, seven-spotted ladybird, blowfly and small bee in a single frame

Four taxa in a single frame

One capture at Bethnal Green Nature Reserve, four species identified automatically — batman hoverfly (Myathropa florea), seven-spotted ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata), a blowfly (Calliphoridae) and a small bee (Apoidea).

Every visit is photographed and classified the moment it happens — the same feed you can embed live on your own site.

Sensibee capture of Batman hoverfly (Myathropa florea) Batman hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
Bethnal Green Nature Reserve, London
Sensibee capture of Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
One of the UK's most widespread bumblebees
Sensibee capture of Red admiral (Vanessa atalanta) Red admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
Migratory butterfly and nectar generalist
Sensibee capture of Common bombardier beetle (Brachinus crepitans) Common bombardier beetle (Brachinus crepitans)
Enfield Chase — nationally scarce, first record on site
Sensibee capture of Western honey bee (Apis mellifera) Western honey bee (Apis mellifera)
Managed and wild colonies — a key crop pollinator
Sensibee capture of Dark-edged bee-fly (Bombylius major) Dark-edged bee-fly (Bombylius major)
A spring bee-fly that mimics bumblebees
Grid of two dozen insects — bees, hoverflies, butterflies, beetles and flies — automatically photographed and identified by Sensibee
From a single visit to landscape-wide networks — every observation captured and catalogued.

Real detections from live Sensibee deployments.

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