--- description: Find out why BeeHome 4 is one of the best inventions of 2023 title: BeeHome 4: The 200 Best Inventions of 2023 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96768c77d09d056f/698a4190e6e84ad0d32b09e8/best-inventions-2023-beehome4.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Oct 24, 2023 # A Mighty Hive BeeHome 4 by Jessica Klein  Most of us have heard that the world’s bees are in grave danger, but fewer are acquainted with one of their greatest nemeses – the Varroa mite, a parasite that U.S. beekeepers said accounted for [the bulk of colony loss over winter 2020 to 2021](https://beeinformed.org/2021/06/21/united-states-honey-bee-colony-losses-2020-2021-preliminary-results/ "undefined"). Beewise’s AI-powered BeeHome 4 is a hive that uses a new chemical-free heat treatment to fight off mites. The hives, available next year, boast robotic tech that monitors and optimizes conditions 24/7, reducing human beekeeping labor by roughly 90%. Beewise CEO Saar Safra says the company prefers to measure revenue in the number of bee lives saved: “Twelve for every dollar we make.” BeeHome 4: The 200 Best Inventions of 2023 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324558/beehome-4/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324558/beehome-4/"},"headline":"A Mighty Hive","datePublished":"2023-10-24T11:00:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:22:59.673Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324558/beehome-4/","keywords":["list","franchise","ecommerce","Magazine","best inventions","Best Inventions 2023"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96768c77d09d056f/698a4190e6e84ad0d32b09e8/best-inventions-2023-beehome4.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96768c77d09d056f/698a4190e6e84ad0d32b09e8/best-inventions-2023-beehome4.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324558/beehome-4/","name":"A Mighty Hive"}}]}] ```