The Bees Knees' presentation for the Digital Catapult's Environmental Data Exchange Hack Weekend. To find out more about the Environmental Data Exchange, click here: http://bit.ly/19p2zUW

1. PLAN-BEE
THE BEES KNEES:
Kate Pleban
Jacopo Hirschstein
Amanda Taylor
Balazs Csuvar
Francesco Cara
Ashish Thakar
PLAN-BEE

2. PLAN-BEE
PROBLEM:
Bee population is in serious decline
26%
REMAIN
UNDER THREAT
SPECIES LOST
SINCE 1900

3. PLAN-BEE
PROBLEM:

4. PLAN-BEE
SOLUTION:
Plant more flowers
COLLECT | CONNECT | COLLABORATE

5. PLAN-BEE
PROTOTYPE: OVERALL ARCHITECTURE
IBM Bluemix
TA
Python Application
RESTful API
PostgresSQL
Angular.js
D3.js
PhoneGap
NEW
APPS ?
EDX PLATFORM
- State of English Cities Database
- AMEE Fin. end Env. Data on companies
- Survey on pub. attitudes towards the env.
- London Average Air Quality Values
RESEARCH DA
- Population trends
- Species
USER DATA
-Beekeepers population
- Beehives
- Potential sites for pollination
- Companies trading
bees and honey
COLLECT CONNECT COLLABORATE

6. PLAN-BEE
TARGET USER / CUSTOMER:
PLATFORM
Government
Decision Makers
Organisations
APP
General Public
Bee Keepers
Organisations

7. PLAN-BEE
DATASETS USED:
State of English Cities database
AMEE - Financial & Environmental Data on every
company
London Average Air Quality Levels
Open Street Map
Survey of public attitudes and behaviours towards the
environment
Farming Statistics for crop areas, yields and production
DEFRA

8. PLAN-BEE

9. PLAN-BEE

10. PLAN-BEE

11. PLAN-BEE
TWILIO + FRONTLINE
+44 116 347 0606

12. PLAN-BEE
VALIDATION: MARKET DEMAND
People are concerned about bees!
A recent YouGov survey puts bee decline top of people’s
UK environmental concerns (85%), ahead of climate
change (83%)

13. PLAN-BEE
VALIDATION: MARKET DEMAND

14. PLAN-BEE
VALIDATION: MARKET DEMAND

15. PLAN-BEE
VALIDATION: MARKET DEMAND
People like bees!
88%
12%

16. PLAN-BEE
42%
ACCESS TO
A GARDEN
93%
AWARENESS
VALIDATION: MARKET DEMAND
78%
INTERESTED

17. PLAN-BEE
BENEFITS:
SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICAL

18. PLAN-BEE
POTENTIAL PARTNERS:

19. PLAN-BEE
NEXT STEPS:
TECHNOLOGY TRACK > > >
PARTNERSHIP / ENGAGEMENT TRACK > > >
PROTOTYPE DEVELOP EVOLVE
CONCEPT TEST DEPLOY

20. PLAN-BEE
REFERENCES
National Biodiversity Network
http://www.nbn.org.uk/
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Status and value of pollinators and pollination services, March 2014
https://consult.defra.gov.uk/plant-and-bee-health-policy/a-consultation-on-the-national-pollinator-strategy/supporting_
documents/140314%20STATUS%20AND%20VALUE%20OF%20POLLINATORS%20AND%20POLLINATION%20SERVICES_FINALver2.pdf
The National Pollinator Strategy: for bees and other pollinators in England, November 2014
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/409431/pb14221-national-pollinators-
strategy.pdf
Consultation on the National Pollinator Strategy: for bees and other pollinators in England
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/409430/Summary-responses-national-
pollinators-strategy.pdf
Pollinator Action Plan (Wales)
http://gov.wales/docs/desh/publications/130723pollinator-action-plan-en.pdf
National History Museum
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/
Joint Nature Conservation Committee
http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/