Calendar
A calendar is helpful in applying the right management practice at the right time. Plan ahead with your beekeeping, time your colony inspections and manipulations to prevent problems from developing.
Beekeeping tools – Queen Rearing Calendar
Queen Rearing Calendar is a detailed calendar of events for rearing queen bees. http://www.apiarybook.com/queenrearing.html The dates are calculated based on the day the queen laid eggs or grafting day. Using this calendar a beekeeper will be able to calculate the necessary steps in raising the queens. Queen rearing is the process by which beekeepers raise queen bees…
Assistant – Floral calendar
The role of the Assistant is to analyse and present useful insights that will help beekeeper to make better decisions. The Assistant helps beekeepers to identify important information related to your apiary and offers advises. Example: presenting the information of the flowering time of nectar/pollen source available in the current month. This is specially important…
Forage map
In both stationary and migratory beekeeping, the beekeeper must seek to place his colonies in or near areas where a sufficient quantity of honey plants exists, in season or throughout the year, within the economical flight range of the foragers. Read more about bee forage and floral calendars here.
Floral calendar tutorial
This tutorial describes how to add a new blossoming period: 1. Open the Apiary Book app 2. In the top left, tap Menu ≡ 3. Tap Floral calendar 4. In the top right, tap ADD 5. Add start and end of flowering: part of the month (early, mid, late), month 6. Type popular and scientific…
Floral calendar
A floral calendar for beekeeping is a time-table that indicates to the beekeeper the approximate date and duration of the blossoming periods of the important honey and pollen plants in the apiary area. The floral calendar is one of the most useful tools. The calendar informs beekeepers about what to expect in bee-forage availability, and when,…