Wednesday, 20 May 2026

Good morning, Tracy.

A quiet spring so far. One hive wants a look. The rest are settled.

Slemish002 hasn't had a look in 18 days. Worth a visit when you get the chance. Rooghan Gardens · last visit 1 May

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Everything else is settled. See full hive list →

Mum & Bee Girl · apple blossom, the flow

This season at a glance

Four apiaries. Nine hives. One good summer so far.

Hives

across four apiaries

Apiaries

your apiaries appear here

Last inspection

6days ago

Slemish004 · Belle seen, brood good

This season

31.2kg

across four harvests

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Recent activity

What's been done, written as it happened.

12 May 2026 eight days ago

Inspection

Slemish004 · full inspection. Queen spotted, good brood pattern, stores full. A bit lively today.

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8 May 2026 twelve days ago

Harvest

Slemish001 · 6.8 kg bramble off. Good frame weights, capped right across.

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24 Apr 2026 four weeks ago

Treatment

Apivar strips in at Hill Farm, three hives. Supers already off.

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22 Mar 2026 eight weeks ago

Feeding

1:1 sugar syrup on Slemish002. Early spring feed. Bees took it in two days.

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Weather at your apiaries

What it's doing where your hives are, right now.

Rooghan Gardens

17°C

Light cloud, gentle breeze

No rain forecast today

Hill Farm

16°C

Mostly sunny, settled

Dry through Friday

Farm gate

15°C

Overcast, calm

Showers tonight

Highlands

13°C

Breezy, cooler air

Dry but cool

In the apiary this week

What's flowering, what's flying, what the weather's doing.

A honey bee on white bramble blossom. The first flowers of the year at Rooghan Gardens.

First bramble flowers of the year, coming into bloom at Rooghan Gardens. Tracy · 20 May 2026

Plant Watch
+ Weather

Bramble is just opening across the gardens, a week or so behind hawthorn. Hawthorn's been two weeks early this year. The forecast looks settled, 15 to 18 °C, dry into the weekend. A good time to make sure the supers are on and the strong colonies have room.

3 plants in watch Spring flow window No frost forecast

Your season so far

A photo a month builds your own diary

May

Bramble opening at Rooghan Gardens. this week · 20 May

Apr

Hawthorn coming into flower at Hill Farm. 30 Apr

Mar

Gorse on the lane up to farm gate. 18 Mar

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Nothing missing

Every inspection, treatment and feed you've logged is kept quietly in the background. If a bee inspector ever asks, the PDF takes about ten seconds.

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Always here, never in the way. Five years of records retained by default.

Calendar & Notebook

Tasks, observations and the rhythm of your micro-climate, all in one place.

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Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Urgent Watch Routine task Done / feeding / harvest Plant observation Inspection / note Treatment Queen

Multi-step plans

Some events take weeks. A wizard chain plans the whole sequence.

Add your apiary calendar to your phone

Wizard reminders and personal notes, straight on your iPhone, Android, or computer calendar. One subscription URL, always in sync. Pick the colour they show up in when you set it up.

This week

Log observations to build your micro-climate diary. Each entry becomes part of your year-on-year record.

Same week last year

No data yet

Your previous season observations will appear here once you have a year of records. Keep logging. It gets more valuable every season.

Plant phenology tracker

Log when plants bloom each year. Over time you build a picture of your unique micro-climate and can predict when the next flow will start.

No plant observations yet

Your bloom-date observations appear here once you've logged a few. Open the Plant Watch tab to add first sightings.

Breeding Programme

Queen records · certificates · family tree · inbreeding risk · beehappyhoney.uk

Queen records

Queen	Hive	Status	Mother	Origin	Actions
Sign in to see your queen records.

Family tree — 3 generations

No queen lineage yet.
Once you register your first queen and her mother, the family tree builds itself across generations.

Certificate tiers

"Certificates state clearly what they can and cannot verify. A declared queen is the breeder's word, not independent verification. This honesty is what makes the certificate credible."

Your breeding network

Inbreeding risk and drone-flight-range analysis appear here once you've registered queens and an apiary location.
Uses anonymised regional ancestry data within a 5-mile radius.

Settings & Configuration

Apiary · Varroa · Disease · Feeding · Weather · Equipment

Varroa

Disease

Feeding

Weather

Bees & flying

Equipment

Account

Visit Types

Varroa management methods Syncs to mobile app

Select every method you use or may use. The calendar will only show tasks relevant to your methods. Treatment-free beekeepers who still monitor will see mite count tasks but no medicine reminders.

Approved veterinary medicines

Apiguard · Oxalic acid · Thymovar · ApiLifeVar · MAQS. Triggers VMR 2013 records and withdrawal tracking.

Drone brood removal

Mechanical control. Calendar shows optimal frames-out timing relative to drone cycle.

Heat treatment (Varroa Controller)

Thermal. Calendar tracks treatment windows and post-treatment mite count.

Mite count monitoring only

Monthly natural mite fall counts. Keeps research data clean. Ideal for treatment-free keepers who still want to monitor.

Treatment-free / no varroa management

Silences all medicine reminders. Mite count monitoring continues. Regulator research contribution enhanced — treatment-free data is particularly valuable.

Changes sync to the mobile app immediately · VMR records are generated automatically when medicines are used

Mite threshold alerts

Natural mite fall alert threshold6 mites/day

BPCA guideline: treat at 6 mites/day in season. Adjust for your colony size and management style.

Autumn broodless window reminder

Alert when broodless window is predicted. Optimal oxalic acid timing.

Spring mite count reminder

Prompt for first mite count of season.

Photo mite counting Coming soon

Take a photo of your varroa board and AI will count the mites automatically. Based on VarroDetector (2025) and Divasón (2024) research: YOLO v11 model trained on 204 sticky boards.

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Photo counting coming to the next update

Upload from desktop or sync from the mobile app camera

Academic validation: VarroDetector (Pradeilles et al., 2025) · Divasón (2024) · Zenodo dataset 10231845

VMR 2013 records

All VMR records

No records yet

PDF coming soon

Treatment history (VMR 2013)

Full register — product, batch, dose, withdrawal, administered by

Download CSV →

All records kept for 5 years minimum. VMR 2013 best practice.

Inspection reminders

Date-based reminders. Don't need a sensor.

Overdue inspection reminder

Alert after 10 days without a logged inspection during active season (Apr–Sep).

Sensor-based pattern alerts Removed

We've removed the previous "EFB/AFB brood temperature pattern", "Nosema risk", "Wax moth risk", and nuc-monitoring toggles. A weight + temperature + humidity sensor cannot detect AFB, EFB, Nosema, or Wax moth. At most it could surface conditions associated with weak colonies — and even that needs an algorithm we don't have yet. We'd rather ship nothing than ship a claim we can't honour. The reliable disease check stays what it's always been: a physical inspection, plus your bee inspector if anything looks off.

Disease history

✓ No disease alerts this season

All colonies clear as of last inspection. Date shown once inspections are logged.

View full disease event log

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Regulator inspection results archive

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Notifiable disease contacts

EFB and AFB are notifiable diseases in Northern Ireland. If you suspect either, contact DAERA immediately. Do not treat without instruction.

🚨 If you suspect EFB or AFB

DAERA notification (operational): 0300 200 7840
Plant Health Inspection Branch (statutory): 028 9052 4168
Email: beehealth@daera-ni.gov.uk
Don't move hives. Don't treat. Contact immediately.

Feed types I use

These appear in the mobile app feed selector and feeding log. Add anything you use. Custom types are fine.

Sugar syrup 1:1 Sugar syrup 2:1 Fondant Candy + Add type (coming soon)

Supplements & additives

Hive Alive Hive Alive + Pollen + Add supplement (coming soon)

Feeding history

Date	Hive	Type	Amount
No feeding logs yet. Add a Feeding visit in the phone app to start the history.

Feeding alerts

Low stores warning

Alert when hive weight suggests stores below 5kg (National/Langstroth). Threshold adjusts automatically for calibrated hive type.

Spring starvation risk

Enhanced sensitivity February–April when stores are typically lowest and bees start brood rearing. Alert at 7kg rather than 5kg.

Nuc starvation risk

Alert if nuc weight drops >100g/day for 3 days. Nucs have limited stores and are highest-risk in cold snaps.

Post-feeding confirmation

Notify when sensor shows weight increase consistent with feeding (>0.5kg overnight jump). Confirms feed was taken.

Weight thresholds by hive type

These alert thresholds are automatically applied based on your hive calibration. Set in Equipment settings.

Hive type	Warn at	Critical
National (cedar)	5 kg stores	3 kg
National (poly)	5 kg stores	3 kg
Langstroth	6 kg stores	4 kg
Nuc (5-frame)	2 kg stores	1 kg
Nuc (6-frame)	2.5 kg stores	1.5 kg

Weather data sources

Open-Meteo

Primary

Free, no API key required. Hourly forecasts. Used for all weather alerts and calendar predictions. 7-day forecast horizon. Source: open-meteo.com

Met Office DataHub

Fallback

UK-specific high resolution. Used if Open-Meteo unavailable. Requires API key for full access. DataHub: datahub.metoffice.gov.uk

GPS auto-detect location

Use device GPS for weather data. More accurate for apiaries away from your home location.

Your apiary locations

Weather alerts

Rain before inspection

Alert if rain is forecast within 2 hours of a scheduled inspection. Bees are more defensive in wet weather.

High wind warning

Alert if wind >25 km/h is forecast. Consider strapping hives in exposed locations.

Hard frost warning

Alert night before forecast frost (below 0°C). Particularly important for nucs and poly hives.

Nectar flow forecast

Alert when conditions are ideal for a nectar flow (warm, sunny, 18°C+, no rain). Check supers.

Cold snap warning (stores risk)

Alert if 5-day temperature average drops >5°C from current. Colonies consume stores faster in cold.

Your bees

Different strains have different flying weather windows. AMM (the native dark European bee) tolerates cooler and windier days than Italian bees. Pick your strain. The thresholds opposite update with sensible defaults you can override.

Strain

Why this matters for you: the "good flying" badge on Overview, the colour bands on the 16-day forecast, and (eventually) the calendar's day colours all read these numbers. Change them once here and the whole product retunes to your bees and your climate.

Flying-condition thresholds

Defaults come from the strain you picked. Override any field if your bees behave differently, e.g. mountain AMM that fly in colder weather.

Minimum flying temperature

°C

Maximum flying wind

mph

Maximum daily rain

Min sunshine hours for "great"

Live sensor status across all your apiaries. All readings update every 15 minutes. Hub = the central unit that sends data. Sensor = the weight/temp/humidity unit under each hive.

Hub & power supply

Sensors by hive

Hive calibration — tare weights

The sensor measures total hive weight: box + bees + stores. Tare is the weight of your empty box. A cedar National weighs ~12.5 kg empty. A poly National weighs ~4 kg. The same total weight reading means completely different stores if you don't calibrate. Uncalibrated hives will have all weight alerts suppressed.

Visit types

These visit types appear in the mobile app when logging a hive visit. Each type has its own set of fields. Toggle types on/off or customise fields to match how you work.

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Notification preferences

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Daily digest — one sentence colony status

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VMR compliance reminders

3-day warning before treatment deadlines

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Your data & privacy

Your data

Your inspection records belong to you. Read the full Terms & Data Ownership (v 2026-05-v1).

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Contribute to bee conservation research

You are not currently sharing identified data with research partners. Your anonymised regional data still contributes to conservation datasets.

VMR records

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Inspection history

Full archive. Appears as inspections are logged

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Delete your account

Email us. We'll action it within 30 days.

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Treatment records are kept for 5 years minimum. VMR 2013 best practice. Your identity is never shared with research partners unless you opt in above.

Apiaries & hives

Battery levels — all sensors

Hub & power supply

Last contact — all sensors

Sensor	Status	Last reading	Battery	Signal	Action

📦 Setting up a new sensor — how it works

What the sensor measures every 15 minutes: total hive weight (kg) · internal temperature (°C) · humidity (%).

GPS: set once during install and locked. The sensor does not re-broadcast GPS — a beekeeper driving past won't move the hive on the map. To change a stored location, use the Update location control on the apiary itself.

Where to place it: The sensor sits under the entire hive on the stand. Not on the crown board — that moves every inspection. The solar panel clips to the side of the hive stand or a stake beside the hive. Never on the roof.

First-time calibration: Weigh your empty hive before adding bees. A cedar National is ~12.5 kg empty. A poly National is ~4 kg. If you don't calibrate, the system can't tell you how many kilos of stores are in there — it will suppress all stores alerts until you do.

Hub: One hub per apiary. Connects over mobile data. Mains-powered where possible; battery + optional solar otherwise. Hub transmits all sensor data to the cloud every 15 minutes.

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Scale Calibration Wizard

Step 1 of 3

Which hive are you calibrating?

Select the hive, and we'll link this sensor's readings to it permanently.

Hive 1

Sensor already active · recalibrate

Hive 2

Sensor active · recalibrate

Hive 3

No sensor yet · new setup

Sensor serial / ID (optional)

Found on the sensor label. Useful if you have multiple units.

Records

Inspection log · treatments (VMR 2013) · feeding · harvests · varroa counts

Hive

Visit type

From

Sort by

Click any row to see the full inspection detail. Use Edit to change saved values — all changes are logged in the audit trail.

Date	Hive	Visit type	Queen seen	Brood pattern	Stores	Temper	Varroa	Notes	Next visit / action	Status
Sign in to load your inspection records.

⚖️ Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013

A tidy 5-year record of every medicine you've used. Hand it to your vet, your association secretary, or DAERA when they ask. It's right here.

Date	Status	Hive(s)	Product	Supplier	Batch no.	Dose / method	Prescription / SQP	Withdrawal	Recorded by	Action
No treatment records logged yet. Records are kept for 5 years. VMR 2013 best practice.

⚠Disease events

Every AFB / EFB / Tropilaelaps event you've raised in the app, including ones that turned out to be a false alarm. Each row tracks the full lifecycle: when you spotted it, the keep-watch period, the inspector or senior beekeeper's outcome, and (if confirmed) the destruction record. Hand this to DAERA when they ask.

Hive

Apiary

Disease

Status

Date raised	Hive	Apiary	Disease	Status	Outcome recorded	Confirmed by	Ref / contact	Notes
Sign in to load your disease event register. False alarms are kept too. They're part of the record.

Feedings Registry

A clean record of every feed you've given: type, amount, reason, and who gave it. Helpful for spotting winter-feed gaps and keeping nutrition history per hive.

This year — litres

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This year — kg

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This year — events

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Hive

Year

Feed type

Date	Hive	Feed type	Amount	Reason	Fed by
Sign in to load your feeding records.

Harvests Registry

Every extraction logged by kg, moisture, batch and jars. Useful for traceability, stock records, and preparing your own honey labels.

This year — kg

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This year — jars

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This year — events

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Hive

Year

Fullness

Date	Hive	Honey kg	Moisture %	Fullness	Lot code	Stock (made · sold · remaining)
Sign in to load your harvest records.

Date	Hive	Method	Count	Infestation %	Action taken
No varroa counts logged yet. Use the + button to log your first count.

A new queen

Only Queen ID is required. Everything else can wait for an inspection when you've her in your hand.

Identity

Who is she?

A name you'll know her by, the year she hatched, and her mark.

Queen ID required

Your own label. Many people use year and number.

Year hatched (optional)

Sets the year-colour if she's marked.

Mark colour (optional)

International year-colour code. A 2025 queen gets a blue dot, a 2026 queen white, and so on. Many queens stay unmarked, especially late-season virgins.

Wing clipped (optional)

Photo (optional)

Helps with ID later. Small & dark, yellow-and-black hybrid, etc.

Placement

Where is she now?

Which hive she's in, and how she's doing today.

Current hive (optional)

Leave blank if she's not in a hive yet (mating nuc, queen bank, etc.).

She is currently (optional)

Status since (optional)

When she became active, was superseded, or passed.

Lineage Where did she come from? Origin, mother, strain

Whether you reared her yourself, bought her from a local breeder, or caught a swarm off a hedge.

She came from (optional)

Strain (optional)

Mother queen (optional)

Provenance Paperwork for an imported or DNA-tested queen Supplier, certs, DNA

Only fill this out if she crossed a border, came with a certificate, or has a DNA report on file. Most queens skip this section entirely.

DNA evidence on file

If you've a lab report for this queen

She'll show as DNA on file on her certificate until our audit reviews the report and upgrades her to DNA verified.

Lab name (optional)

Sample date (optional)

Lab reference or report number (optional)

Traits & notes Anything else worth writing down Calm? Good layer? Notes?

Traits you've observed and any free-form notes. Most beekeepers add to this over the season, not on day one.

Traits you've seen (separate with commas)

Notes

Verification

Not verified

Set by the system. Sensor verified comes from a Bee Happy Hives sensor on her hive; DNA verified from an audited lab report. Even a sensor-verified record proves data for the hive, not which colony a shipped queen actually came from.

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