The stock card, in the pocket you already have a phone in
A stock card nailed to the hive lid gets wet, gets propolised and is never with you when the question comes up in February. Make one entry per hive per inspection — queen seen, how many frames of brood, how they took it, what the mite count was — and each colony builds its own history. A year in, the log is what tells you which hive to breed from and which to requeen.
Yes Queen seen · 8 Brood frames · 5/5 Temper · 2.5 mites/day Varroa · 14.6 kg Honey taken
⏱ 13 min📍 Streuobstwiese, Gumpoldskirchen📷 1 photo“Two supers off, capped right across. Spun the same evening.”
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What you’ll track
The Beekeeping log, out of the box
One entry per session, with the timer and location always available. Add or rename variables any time in log settings.
Variable
Type
Stats shown
Hive
Choice · tracked individually
Own stats per value
Queen seen
Yes / no
Count and share of yes
Brood frames
Number
Average, Max
Temper
Rating 1–5
Average
Varroa · mites/day
Number
Max, Average
Honey taken · kg
Number
Sum
Timer
Built in
Total time, per entry duration
Location
Built in
Pin or place, shown on the log map
Notes, photos, sketches, voice memos
Built in
Attached to any entry
6
Count Queen seen
7
Average Brood frames
10
Max Brood frames
4.1
Average Temper
How it works
From install to first entry in a minute
1
Pick “Beekeeping” during setup
The log is created with the variables above and a few example entries so you can see how it works. Clear them with one tap.
2
Log as you go
Tap plus, fill in what you have, save. Timer, location, notes and photos are there when you want them, hidden when you don’t.
3
Let the stats accumulate
Count queen seen sits on the log card, with the rest one tap away. Set a goal if you want a nudge.
Why this log
Built for the way you actually do it
A history per colony, not per apiary
Mark "Hive" as tracked individually and each one gets its own averages: brood, temper, mite load, honey off. That is the difference between "the bees are fine" and knowing that Hive 1 has been bad-tempered since June.
The mite count as a curve, not a panic
Log the count at every inspection and the maximum and the average build a season. Treatment is a decision about a trend rather than about one alarming morning, and next year you will know which month it always starts climbing.
A photo of the frame, attached to the inspection
Snap the brood pattern or the queen cell and it goes on the entry. When you want a second opinion from the association in the winter, the picture and the notes are in the same place as the date they belong to.
Everything else in the app
Not just a form. A logbook that thinks with you.
The Beekeeping log is one log among many you can keep. Every one of them gets the same tools.
💡AI analysis
AI reads the pattern for you
Tap the bulb on Beekeeping and get a plain-language read of your trends, what changed recently, and a suggested next goal, built only from your own entries.
🎯Goals
Goals, streaks and reminders
Set a target like three times a week, watch the rolling progress bar, keep a streak, and get a reminder at the time you actually log. The app learns that time from you.
📅Calendar
A calendar heatmap per log
Every log has its own month view showing which days you logged. Gaps are obvious, consistency is visible, and one tap opens that day's entries.
🔁Rounds
Several hives in one entry
One entry can hold a round per hive, each with its own values, and the stats break them out separately.
📷Attachments
Photos, sketches, voice memos
Attach a photo, draw a quick sketch, or record a voice note on any entry. They stay with that entry and come back on every device you sign in on.
🗺️Map
Every entry on a map
Drop a pin or search for the place. Each log has a map view of everywhere you logged, and saved places open directly in Google Maps.
🔍Search
Search across everything
Find an entry by title, note or value across every log, filter by date or location, and jump straight to it.
🔒Privacy
Yours, offline first
Entries save on your phone first and sync when you sign in. No account needed to start, no feed, no one else sees your data.
Who keeps hive records
Second and third-year beekeepers with two or three colonies, past the point where they can remember what each hive was doing and not yet in the habit of writing it down. Association members who have to report treatments and want the dates in one place. And anyone who lost a colony over winter and still does not know why, which is the usual reason people start.
It also suits beekeepers with an out-apiary. You are there for an hour every week or two, the drive is half the effort, and arriving without knowing which hive was queenless last time is how a swarm happens.
What a season of inspections shows
The brood pattern is the first thing the numbers give you. Frames of brood climbing through spring and dropping in late summer is the colony doing what it should; one hive that never gets past four frames while the others reach ten is a queen problem you can now date rather than guess at. Put the "queen seen" percentage next to it and the picture is usually obvious.
The mite counts are what make the log worth keeping. A season of readings turns the treatment decision into a curve with a shape you recognise from last year, and the honey column tells you what it cost you to get it wrong. Over two seasons the most useful comparison arrives on its own: the calm, productive colony you should be raising queens from, and the one that has been on the list every single inspection.
Questions
Frequently asked
Should I log one entry per hive or one per visit?
One per hive. It is a few more taps at the apiary and it is the whole point: with the hive as the grouping key, every colony gets its own record, and a visit is still visible as three entries on the same morning.
How do I add a fourth hive or a split?
Open the log settings and add the name to the "Hive" options. Old entries keep the names they were saved with, so a split that becomes "Hive 4" in July does not rewrite anything from June.
What scale should I use for temper?
Whatever you can repeat — most people use five for calm and stay on the comb, one for up and at you before the smoker is lit. The number is only ever compared against your own, so consistency beats any official scale.
Does this replace the records my association requires?
Treat it as your own working record. Medicine treatments, varroa results and hive movements often have a legally prescribed form where you keep bees, and the log is a place to note what you did, not a substitute for the paperwork your association or authority asks for.
