MUMBAI, India, Jan. 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202511104019 A) filed by Manipal University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, on Oct. 29, 2025, for 'a method and system for detecting pollen-carrying bees to predict hive honey production.'

Inventor(s) include Kushagra Kalbhawar; Dr Aditya Sinha; and Mr Abhay Singh Bisht.

The application for the patent was published on Dec. 12, under issue no. 50/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to a method and system for detecting pollen-carrying bees to predict hive honey production using image processing & object recognition. The present system referred to as "HiveVision" proposes a visual, image-proces...