About Fat Bees

Healthy hives, healthy beekeepers


To know your bees you have to weigh your bees

Fat Bees manufactures and supplies remote-sensing Hive Scales in Australia. The electronics continue to be manufactured in the USA by O'Keefe Electronics INC.

John Szymanski from Fat Bees has many years of experience in innovation, invention, manufacturing, distribution and retailing in a niche area in the fishing tackle industry. Combining beekeeping, IT, and psychology is the perfect combination to support commercial beekeepers and hobbyists get the most out of this essential beekeeping technology.

John from Fat Bees and Patrick from O’Keefe Electronics continue developing the Hive Scales. Patrick and John have the same mission, to continue enhancing the features of the Hive Scales to the benefit of beekeepers and bees.