PollenOps Launches Platform for Large-Scale Commercial Beekeeping

New software helps manage hives, logistics, and data across migratory pollination operations

Published on Mar. 9, 2026

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PollenOps, a new software platform, is designed to support the complex logistics and data management needs of large-scale commercial beekeeping operations. The platform provides tools for tracking hives, coordinating pollination contracts, monitoring hive health through acoustic sensors, forecasting honey yields, and connecting beekeepers with growers seeking pollination services.

Why it matters

Commercial beekeeping operations that manage thousands of hives across multiple states face significant challenges in coordinating logistics, tracking hive health, and meeting pollination contracts. PollenOps aims to provide a centralized system to help these large-scale businesses operate more efficiently.

The details

PollenOps includes features like hive tracking, pollination contract management, acoustic hive monitoring to detect colony health issues, honey yield forecasting, and a marketplace to connect beekeepers with growers needing pollination services. The platform consolidates operational data to help commercial beekeepers manage their complex, migratory businesses.

  • PollenOps launched in March 2026.

The players

PollenOps

A software platform designed to support large-scale commercial beekeeping operations.

Jake Thornton

The founder of PollenOps.

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What they’re saying

“Commercial beekeepers are managing a business that combines agriculture, logistics, and large-scale livestock management. They are moving living colonies across thousands of miles each season while meeting pollination contracts and maintaining hive health. PollenOps was designed to give those operations a centralized system that reflects the complexity of what they do every day.”

— Jake Thornton, Founder (bakercityherald.com)

What’s next

PollenOps plans to continue expanding its features and integrations to support the growing needs of commercial beekeeping operations.

The takeaway

PollenOps is providing a much-needed software solution to help large-scale commercial beekeepers manage the complex logistics, data, and operational challenges of their migratory pollination businesses.