May 5, 2026
Investor in renewable energy Skyview Companies and his solar energy company Davis Hill Development has its collaboration with HiveTracks to integrate apiaries and environmental monitoring into its solar energy portfolio.
The company’s current solar offerings span multiple states, including Maryland, Connecticut and New York, plus Washington, DC. By leveraging HiveTracks’ biodiversity intelligence platform, the company can scale data-driven environmental monitoring and managed pollinator programs for various solar projects, integrating pollinator habitats into existing solar projects.
“This partnership reflects our broader vision that sustainable energy projects should be developed with long-term environmental stewardship in mind,” said Andy Karetsky, CEO of Skyview Ventures. “By integrating biodiversity monitoring, pollinator habitats and data-driven land management into our solar portfolio, we are demonstrating that solar projects can deliver environmental benefits beyond clean energy generation and play a meaningful role in supporting local ecosystems.”
Skyview and HiveTracks have been working together since 2025, the companies say, beginning their partnership with eight solar projects in New York, West Virginia, Tennessee and Connecticut. Thanks to the initial success of the partnership, the two companies have plans to expand to additional Davis Hill locations over the course of 2026.
Local beekeepers will maintain each basking site for the life of the apiary, the company says. In addition to producing bottles of honey – which were given away to food banks in 2025 – the apiaries will serve as environmental indicators, providing the companies with numbers on the health of ecosystems and the impact of land use over time.
Apiary analysis
As part of the agreement, HiveTrack will collect environmental data for the solar sites, both on a per-site and portfolio-wide level, company officials say. The statistics will provide insight into the diversity and abundance of pollinators and plants, as well as testing for eDNA and ecotoxicology in each hive.
“Solar energy already offers environmental benefits, but with HiveTracks we saw an opportunity to go further,” said Maria Morales Ferrebus, solar development associate at Skyview Ventures. “In our first year, the data has provided valuable insights into the health of ecosystems at our sites. For example, we have identified areas of low plant diversity, which can reduce resilience to drought and increase erosion risk.
“By implementing HiveTracks recommendations, we can adapt our operations and maintenance practices to increase plant diversity, improve soil health and strengthen pollinator habitats.”
The apiary program currently includes multiple projects in various stages of development, the company says, with some involved projects already fully operational. This approach allows Skyview to monitor the environmental impacts of solar projects at every stage of development, representatives say, with HiveTracks providing site-specific recommendations.
The core of the program reflects a broader trend around the solar industry, Skyview says, where developers now have an outsized focus on multi-use land strategies. As part of the shift, solar energy projects have become synonymous with agriculture, habitat restoration and biodiversity initiatives in the US and abroad.
“Solar sites offer a unique opportunity to support pollinators and monitor biodiversity on a large scale,” said Max Rünzel, CEO of HiveTracks. “Our partnership with Skyview Ventures shows how beekeeping, environmental data and renewable energy infrastructure can work together to create a measurable impact on the environment.”
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