Beekeeping Blog
Beekeeping knowledge, news and guides on keeping bees and using iBeekeeper.
Videos
Tutorial video: switching hive card and colony data forms
The preset forms for your colonies and hive cards are not the right ones for you? This short guide explains how to find a form that suits you.
Updates
Updates: inspection record, apiary groups, duplicating forms and more
New modules and improvements for beekeepers in Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
Updates
Quick buttons for key functions
iBeekeeper introduces quick buttons on the colony page.
Features
Customise buttons and save clicks
Adapt the buttons in iBeekeeper to suit the way you work and save valuable clicks in your daily routine.
Modules
Rate your bee colonies
With the new rating system in iBeekeeper you can assess your colonies against a range of criteria and compare them.
Updates
“Entries per page” and filters for harvests and hive cards
The harvest and hive card overviews now let you choose how many entries are shown.
Updates
New tool: QR codes for your colonies
QR codes on the hives save time and clicks when you open a colony.
What gets written about here
The blog follows the beekeeping year and the software used to record it. The articles rest on what holds up in practice, and name the limits where there are any.
By topic
Beekeeping knowledge is the largest section: practical articles from the first cleansing flight through swarm control and varroa treatment to the winter oxalic acid treatment, along with the record-keeping obligations.
Updates covers what iBeekeeper has gained. Modules and Features pick out individual parts, Videos show how it is used, and Offers holds time-limited deals.
If you want to work something out
Recurring questions come with free calculators: project varroa infestation, judge water content, calculate a honey price, work out winter feed. All usable without an account.