Accessories for unmanned aerial vehicles, including stations used to recharge or refuel unmanned aerial vehicles and stations used to wirelessly communicate with unmanned aerial vehicles; internet-connected docking stations at which unmanned aerial vehicles are able to autonomously land, recharge, and redeploy; docking stations for recharging unmanned aerial vehicles without requiring operator intervention; network-connected docketing stations that facilitate autonomous docking and charging of unmanned aerial vehicles, through the use of beacons or real-time kinematic Global Positioning System (GPS);