It is common practice to mark the queen with a small spot of paint on her back (thorax) so that the beekeeper finds it better among other bees and to determine their age. The color indicate the year the queen was introduced. white – for years that ends in 1 and 6 (ex. 2011, 2016)…
We’ve been listening to your feedback and are exited to share with you a few new features and upgrades: – Academy – a new space for beekeepers who want to learn how to overcome the current challenges of modern beekeeping – Improved queens’ list – Colonies movement – Latitude and Longitude added for Departure/Destination Update…
Queen rearing is the process by which beekeepers raise queen bees from young fertilized worker bee larvae. The schedule of tasks for rearing queen bees is based on the natural development cycle of honey bee queens. Queen Rearing Calendar notifies you about the timing of each step in advance so you can prepare all equipment,…
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…
Beekeepers from around the world is sending us feedback, helping us to focus on features that matter. “Kolejna rzecz to w wykazie uli na danej pasiece fajnie gdyby znajdowal sie maly kolor oznaczajacy krolowa w danym ulu do szybkiej wymiany bez wchodzenia w dany ul i historie matki Thomas, Honning.buzz” “The next thing is in the…
Apiary Book 4.9.2 adds several new improvements required by beekeepers from all around the world. 1. Media Gallery – add existing video from internal storage 2. Hives list – active queens are marked with a queen icon in the right bottom corner 3. Voice Assistant – Todo items that are not completed are played as…
In case you want to transfer the queen from a hive to another, use the <Transfer to> feature: 1. Select the hive from Hives list 2. Press Details in the Queen section 3. Choose option Transfer to 4. Add date of the transfer 5. Select destination hive (i.e. Hive 1-15) 6. Press OK 7. Add…
Why is it recommended to change queens periodically? – young queens are more prolific in their first year, even some until the second year of life – maintain healthier colony and less prone to diseases, health of the hive is dependent on the queen – avoid the action of swarming, which is a natural instinct…
Apiary Book 4.5 update is available now! Now you can visualize easily the queen details and perform specific actions: – mark as flagged (i.e. old queen, must be replaced), – add star (i.e. exceptional), – create reminder (check the queen at the next inspection) – modify state (capped cell, installed, accepted, emerged, mated) Info
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…
