Capabilities & Privacy¶
The Assistant is a powerful tool, but it has clear boundaries. This page brings together the information about what the Assistant in Apisense can do, what it will not do, and how we protect your data.
1. The Assistant is a helper, not a replacement for the beekeeper¶
The Assistant supports your decisions — it does not make them for you. The beekeeper's experience, hands-on apiary observation, and veterinary knowledge are irreplaceable. The Assistant:
- helps you find information faster (device status, weather, calendar);
- summarises scattered data in the app;
- reminds you of best practices and warning signs.
Decisions about treatments, medication, and apiary interventions are always yours.
2. The Assistant works on text only¶
The Assistant understands text — both your questions and the data in the app. It will not process:
- photos (photographs of bees, brood, frames);
- audio recordings (e.g. sound from a hive);
- video recordings;
- document scans (PDF, vet invoices).
If you want the Assistant to comment on a photo or recording — describe it in text. Photo and recording support may arrive in the future; today it is not available.
3. The Assistant does not change data in your apiary¶
The Assistant has read-only access to your data. This means the Assistant:
- will not delete a hive, an apiary, or a note;
- will not add an inspection, an alert, or a treatment;
- will not change account settings, devices, or notifications.
You perform all those actions yourself in the app. The Assistant can show you where to click — but it will not click for you.
This is a deliberate design choice: it protects you from a situation in which an imprecise question would lead to an unwanted change in your apiary.
4. What the Assistant sees, and what it does not¶
The data the Assistant has access to is limited by the same access you have in the app. If you cannot see an apiary in the app — neither can the Assistant.
| Data | Does the Assistant see it? |
|---|---|
| Your own apiaries, hives, devices | Yes |
| Apiaries shared with you by another user | Yes, within your permissions |
| Apiaries of other users you do not have access to | No |
| Your notes, inspections, calendar | Yes |
| Login credentials (password) | No |
| The content of your conversations with the Assistant | Yes (kept in the conversation history) |
5. Why you can trust your privacy¶
- Knowledge sources stay on the server side. When the Assistant uses the Apisense knowledge base, fragments of that base are not exposed to other users or to third-party companies.
- Your conversations are saved so you can come back to them. You can delete a conversation or wipe its history at any time from the settings.
- Apisense data is not used to train third-party models. Your notes, measurements, and conversations do not feed public language models from other companies.
- Communication is encrypted — between the app and the server, and between Apisense servers and the cloud services powering the Assistant.
- The full privacy policy is available from the operator of the Apisense Pro AI app.
6. Why answers sometimes differ¶
The Assistant generates answers on the fly, based on your question and the current state of your data. This means that:
- The same question asked at different times may have different answers (because the data has changed: weather, last device contact, a fresh inspection).
- The same question asked by different users has different answers (each person sees their own apiaries).
- Identical questions asked one after the other may differ slightly in wording — the substance of the answer stays the same.
If you care about an exact number (for example, "how many hives") — the Assistant will check it in the database and give it. If you ask for an interpretation (for example, "is this good?") — the answer may be phrased a little differently each time.
7. What to do if the Assistant gives a wrong answer¶
The Assistant is not infallible. Sometimes it can misinterpret a question, miss context, or return an imprecise answer. What you can do:
- Verify key data in the app — if the Assistant says a gateway is offline, take a quick look at the devices tab yourself. The Assistant is meant not to make mistakes, but you know your apiary best.
- Refine the question — often it is enough to add an apiary name, a date, or a specific detail ("Only from the last week").
- Rate the conversation — in the app you will find a rating button (thumbs up/down). Your feedback helps improve the Assistant.
- Start a new conversation — if the conversation context started leading in the wrong direction, a clean conversation gives you a fresh start.
- Report a serious issue — through the contact channel indicated in the app.
Remember: the Assistant is a supporting tool. Decisions that affect your apiary should always rest on your own observation and — when needed — a consultation with a vet or an experienced beekeeper.