Calendar of inspections, mapped apiaries, one export
A calendar view of every hive inspection, combined with detailed per-hive records grouped by apiary. Place each apiary on a real interactive map, and export the whole season in a National Bee Unit (BeeBase)-style CSV when you need it.
The Apiaries tab's per-apiary map and hive list with quick actions, the coordinate picker for placing an apiary, the tabbed Log inspection form, the Calendar's month grid, the shared overview Map, and the season Dashboard.
Apiaries & hives - a real map per apiary, with each hive's status and quick actions underneath
Edit apiary - search an address or click/drag the pin to set an apiary's location
Log inspection - full colony detail across five tabs, including a dedicated pests & predators log
Calendar - every inspection plotted on a month grid, coloured dot per hive
Map - every apiary location plotted together on one shared map
Dashboard - season stats at a glance, including honey withdrawal and low-stock equipment alerts
A month grid shows a coloured dot per hive on every day it was inspected - click a day to see (and reopen) each visit logged that date.
Search an address or place name to drop the pin automatically - no need to know latitude/longitude. Or click/drag the pin on the real map (OpenStreetMap) directly, or type coordinates in.
Every hive belongs to an apiary, with its type, colour tag, queen year and status (Active, Dead-out, Combined, Sold/given away) at a glance.
Log a 24-hour natural mite drop count and see it colour-coded low, moderate or high - a widely-cited rule of thumb, not a diagnosis.
Weather, temperature, temperament, brood pattern and frame counts, queen and eggs seen, queen cell state, treatment applied and swarm control action - all in one inspection record.
One export shapes every apiary, hive and inspection into the fields the NBU's own inspection sheet commonly asks for - a best-effort record, not an official BeeBase integration.
Checkboxes for chalkbrood, suspected EFB/AFB, deformed wing virus and suspected nosema - with an in-app reminder to contact the National Bee Unit for anything notifiable.
A light/dark toggle that remembers your choice, and the app seeds a realistic sample season (two apiaries, three hives, seven inspections) on first launch so you can see it working straight away.
Every apiary, hive and inspection lives in local storage, not on a server - only the map tiles need an internet connection to load.
A Map tab plots every apiary you've placed onto one shared real map, labelled and clickable, so you can see your whole operation at a glance instead of scrolling through apiary cards one at a time.
Stat tiles for apiaries, active hives, inspections and honey harvested; a worklist of hives overdue for inspection (threshold configurable in Settings, default 14 days), with a reminder banner on the Calendar tab too; and a harvest-by-apiary breakdown.
Log syrup, fondant or pollen patty feeds and honey harvests (kg and jars) per hive, in a couple of taps from the hive row - both feed straight into the season dashboard's totals.
Track each queen's ID, hive, year, marked colour, parent queen, drone source, laying proficiency, temper and calmness on comb - with a full history of every hive she's been assigned to, cross-referenced straight from the hive row.
A "Move apiary" button carries a hive - and every record logged against it - to a different apiary for quarantine or a forage-season move, logging a dated transfer history on the hive row.
Place hives on a simple grid matching their physical layout in each apiary; track an equipment inventory with low-stock alerts; and log treatments and veterinary medicine purchases, with honey withdrawal periods flagged automatically.
One click prints a clean, full inspection history for a hive for a physical logbook; a "Quick log" mode captures a lightweight mid-inspection note in seconds when there's no time for the full form.
Most hobbyist and small-scale beekeepers either keep a paper hive record card in the bee shed or build their own spreadsheet. Here's how a dedicated calendar-and-apiary app compares.
| Feature | Beekeeping Log | A paper record card | A spreadsheet |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | £0.79 one-off after trial | Free (cost of paper/printing) | Free, if you already have one |
| Calendar view across every hive | ✓ | ✕ (one card per hive, no combined view) | ✕ (you'd build this yourself) |
| Apiary coordinates on a map | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Varroa count advisory band | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ (unless you build the formula) |
| NBU-style export ready to hand over | ✓ | ✕ (manual transcription) | ✕ (needs reformatting) |
| Survives a wet bee suit pocket | ✓ (log it later on your laptop) | ✕ | ✓ |
General comparison as of August 2026. Not affiliated with the National Bee Unit or BeeBase.
Yes. Apiary locations are placed and viewed on a real interactive map (Leaflet with OpenStreetMap tiles) - search an address, or click/drag the pin to set coordinates, and see every apiary plotted together on the Map tab. This is the one part of the app that needs an internet connection; everything else, including all your logged data, stays fully offline.
Yes. A "Move apiary" button on each hive row transfers it - and every inspection, feeding, harvest, treatment and queen record logged against it - to a different apiary, useful for quarantine or a forage-season move. Each move is logged with a date, and the hive's position in the apiary plan grid resets since it's only meaningful within the old apiary's layout.
A dedicated Queens tab holds each queen's ID, hive, year, marked colour, parent queen, drone source, laying proficiency, temper and calmness on comb, plus a full history of every hive she's been assigned to - useful since queens are sometimes moved between hives, temporarily or permanently. Hive rows link straight to their current queen's record.
When you log a 24-hour natural mite drop count, the app colour-codes it low (under 10/day), moderate (10-50/day) or high (over 50/day) - a widely-cited rule of thumb only, not veterinary or diagnostic advice specific to your local conditions or time of year.
No. BeeBase has no public import/export API, so the CSV export is a best-effort shaping of the fields the NBU's own inspection sheet and BeeBase colony records commonly ask for - apiary name and coordinates, hive reference, inspection date, colony strength, queen status, varroa count and method, disease signs, treatment. It isn't a certified or official integration.
No. The disease-sign checkboxes are a personal record only. If you suspect a notifiable disease such as American or European Foulbrood, contact the National Bee Unit or your local Bee Inspector directly rather than relying on this app.
Everything - apiaries, hives, inspections - persists on your device between sessions via local storage, not on a server. Only the map tiles are fetched over the internet; your logged data itself is never uploaded anywhere.