Mateo Kaiser
Mateo is the founder and Managing Director of Swarmed. A 5th-generation beekeeper and UC Davis Master Beekeeper, he built Swarmed to connect communities with local beekeepers and advance honey bee conservation through open data.
About Swarmed: A Community-Built Bee Rescue Network
Swarmed is a free, beekeeper-built platform connecting communities with local beekeepers for bee-friendly swarm removal and honey bee conservation.
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For the public
What We're Building
Swarmed is more than a dispatch tool. Every swarm report contributes to a distributed biomonitoring network spanning North America, Europe, and Australia. We've logged over 17,000 georeferenced swarm records and 4 million environmental observations.
We use that data to model swarm timing using growing degree days, score local habitat quality using satellite-derived canopy cover and vegetation indices, and map swarm density patterns at the county level across the continent.
That research powers the tools we put in beekeepers' hands: swarm season forecasts, peak bloom calendars, regional activity maps, and local trend data updated each season.
Swarmed is a Satellite Partner of the UC Davis Master Beekeeper Program.
Built for Beekeepers
Get free text message, WhatsApp, or Email alerts when cutouts or swarms are reported in your area.
We've sent over 300,000 alerts to beekeepers while keeping your data private and giving you seasonal insights into local swarm activity.
Questions? Contact us at info@beeswarmed.org
Our backers
Swarmed's early development was made possible by the support of 228 beekeepers, associations, and bee lovers, including the following sponsors;
The Beekeeper Dashboard
Get notified in real-time, and see local swarms on your dashboard.
Trusted by Beekeeping Associations Worldwide
Used by 70+ beekeeping associations worldwide.
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The People Behind Swarmed
Dr. Noah Wilson-Rich
Biologist, professor, author, and beekeeper, Noah Wilson-Rich is the Founding Partner and Chief Scientific Officer of The Best Bees Company and Managing Director of the Urban Bee Lab.
Noah has published 20 academic papers and authored The Bee: A Natural History. His efforts connect science and sustainability, supporting pollinator health nationwide.
Tim Hardy
Tim is a beekeeper and swarm coordinator with 20 years of experience in Northern Colorado and serves as President of the Northern Colorado Beekeepers Association.
Tim advises Swarmed on new features to support beekeeping organizations and improve swarm response coordination.
Citizens of the Hive
Open source pollinator data
Citizen science for our pollinators
Citizens of the Hive is our not-for-profit open data project, turning the swarm reports and environmental observations collected through Swarmed into freely available public datasets for researchers, conservationists, and land managers.
Bee swarms are sensitive indicators of colony health, habitat quality, and seasonal change. By making this data openly accessible, we're helping scientists study pollinator population trends, track the effects of land use and climate on swarm activity, and build a longer-term picture of honey bee health across the continent.
If you're a researcher or institution interested in accessing the dataset, get in touch at info@beeswarmed.org.
