‘Frankenbees’ or flying bioweapons – a glimpse on the dark side of bee technology

In the world of bees, the sky is usually the limit.  Apicultural technology, or #Apitech for the social media sphere, is hailed as the big hope to save the globally all-important bee with AI, IoT and Co. Yet some technological developments raise deep concerns of economic and ethic implications – and challenge us to think about what kind of agricultural utopia or dystopia we envisage for our future.

Valentina Cullmann: As the editor of 150sec, Valentina is fascinated by the diversity and creativity of Europe's startup scenes. If she is not hunting a new story on disruptive startup innovations, she is working as an expert on private sector issues in developing countries from Asia to Latin America.