A Digital Beehive: A scientific study proposal.

Probably have to be something smaller than molex, the frames dimensions are not exactly huge. There would be enough area on the top to carve out and put a circuit board in and then epoxy it in to seal it off from water and secure it... A frame top is 1 1/8" wide and 17 5/8" long. The circuit would need to be pretty skinny to fit embed into the top. Attached is some dimensions of hive boxes and frames. For the brood chambers we'd be using the large size (9 1/8" deep frames).

(here's a source to help understand a hive construction: Types of Hives and Hive Equipment | Beesource Beekeeping Forums )

Oops, I thought an AVR per frame... per box is more reasonable. Any good way to give a frame, regardless of which box/position it's plugged in a unique ID that is readable along with all the sensors on that frame?