Hive Inspection

The opinion of our users is truly valued. Andrey Lebedev from Russia sent the following feedback: “Вносить данные об осмотре ужасно неудобно. Entering inspection data is terribly inconvenient.” Starting Apiary Book 5.8 the details of an Hive Inspection are displayed using horizontal tabs allowing the beekeeper to navigate easier between different pages. The navigation experience…

Queenless

Since the beginning, one of our goals was to add the experience of beekeepers in the Apiary Book app in order to make their work as easy as possible. Albu Norbert – Anton from Romania sent the following suggestion: “La inspectia stupului dacă bifez fără regină ar trebui să pot adăuga un task….” “At the…

Hands-free

Get things done, hands-free! Paulo Ribeiro wrote to us: “Love your app, but I usually take notes on paper when working on bees because it´s not practical for me to work on the smartphone with gloves on.” Using Apiary Book’s Voice Assistant you can talk to the app while you are performing inspections to your…

Hive strength

We are constantly getting feedback from beekeepers from around the world. This is helping us to build a better product for all users. Thank you Nikodém for informing us about this improvement! “Hi dear Bogdan. Thanks a lot for your work! I have one remark to Apiary Book: We can set “Strength” into “Hive” page,…

Flagged hives

If you have a hive that need your attention or you want to easily follow up, you can flag it in Apiary Book app. This helps you remember to inspect it later. Flagged hives are easy to spot, thanks to the red icon. Examples of flagged hives: – queen sighted but no larvae are present,…

Apiary Book 4.4

Apiary Book 4.4 for Android is available, get it on Google Play! Now you can add to-do list for each individual hive. You will be notified about the activities scheduled the day before or on that day at 8:30 a.m. So you can easily remember what work you have to do, and never miss an…

Efficient Hive Inspections

Our recommendations for hive inspection: – review the notes from the last inspections – decide if you have to check the hive and look at what is new – if  inspection is required, examine the bee colony and record all information (population, queen, brood, honey) – schedule the next activities Hive ToDo list Acting like this,…

Hive timeline

To understand what’s happening with your hives, it’s important to keep historical records. You can review easily the beekeeping activities performed for a hive: 1. Open the Apiary Book app 2. In the top left, tap Menu ≡ 3. Tap Hives 4. Select a hive 5. The Hive details screen is displayed 6. Choose Timeline 7.…