Beekeeping software for your whole operation, from hobby to commercial
Hive cards, medicine record book, storage, harvests and treatments, in the browser and as an app for iPhone and Android.
iBeekeeper is beekeeping software for the browser and for iPhone, iPad and Android. It covers what comes up in your beekeeping: inspections, feedings, treatments, harvests, storage and sales, from the single inspection to analyses across all apiaries.
All modules at a glance
Hive cards
Document inspections with your own form.
Treatments
Record treatments with product, quantity, batch and withdrawal period.
Medicine record book
The medicine record book (Germany) as a PDF from your treatments.
Feedings
Record feedings for several colonies at once.
Harvests
Honey harvests per colony, with lot number and label.
Inventory
Manage material and jars in storage locations.
Cash book
Keep a cash book, invoices as PDF.
Queen breeding
Track breeding colonies and their origin.
Web and app: the same data everywhere
At the apiary you make entries with the Bienenvölker app, on iPhone, iPad or Android, even without a network. As soon as a connection is available again, everything syncs by itself. At home you analyze in the web application in the browser: reports, medicine record book, storage and Accounting are more comfortable on a large screen. Both access the same account, and the web application is available in 23 languages.
At the apiary
You design the digital hive card yourself, with your own fields, templates and separate forms for nucs or production colonies. In the Frame grid you mark brood, honey, pollen and queen cells comb by comb, and iBeekeeper calculates the brood area. You create feedings, treatments and hive cards for several colonies in one step, for all at an apiary if you wish. Until when the withdrawal period of a product runs, you see directly at the colony.
Tasks get a time and a reminder by email or notification, for several colonies in one step if you wish. With a package and during the trial period, the weather for each apiary shows you when there is good flying weather for the inspection, plus the forage weather and warnings of night frost and thunderstorms. In Queen Breeding you record breeding series, and every queen has a year, marking color and origin.
At the desk
Your treatments produce the Medicine record book (Germany) as a PDF, per apiary and year, with the details required under Article 108 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6. For Switzerland there are stock control and the inventory list of veterinary medicines, and for all users the varroa treatment journal. The reports as PDF are available with a package and during the trial period.
You assign harvests to colonies and give them a batch number; you print the label as a PDF, and via a QR code your customers see the page of the batch. In Storage you manage material and jars in storage locations, with warnings before the best-before date. In Accounting you record income and expenses and write invoices as PDF.
Grows with your beekeeping
iBeekeeper is free for good for up to 5 colonies. Above that the price depends on the number of your colonies, and the packages go up to 300 colonies. If you work with others, you share colonies, groups and apiaries with friends or with an organization, for viewing or, with a package, for editing too. What associations and commercial beekeepers need is covered in the guide Beekeeping software for associations and commercial beekeepers.
Your data stays your data
Your beekeeping data is stored on servers in Germany that we rent from OVH GmbH in Cologne; the database is backed up daily. You can export all data at any time as CSV, JSON or ZIP, even without a package. You take over hive cards from a spreadsheet from CSV, XLS or XLSX files. Details are on the page Infrastructure.
Paper and spreadsheets or iBeekeeper
| Feature | Paper and spreadsheets | iBeekeeper |
|---|---|---|
| Overview of all apiaries | laborious | at a glance |
| Medicine record book | by hand | PDF from the treatments |
| Many colonies | each one individually | one entry for several |
| Data backup | none | daily backup |
| Collaboration | difficult | Shares with rights |
Take your beekeeping management digital, free for good for up to 5 colonies.
Start for freeFrequently asked questions
What size of operation is iBeekeeper suitable for?
From hobby beekeeping with a few colonies to commercial operations with several hundred colonies. iBeekeeper is free for good for up to 5 colonies; the packages go up to 300 colonies.
Does the beekeeping software also run in the browser?
Yes. Besides the app for iPhone, iPad and Android there is the web application in the browser, with the same data on all devices.
Can I keep a medicine record book?
Yes. Your treatments produce the medicine record book (Germany) as a PDF, with the details required under Article 108 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6. There is also the varroa treatment journal and, for Switzerland, stock control.
How much does the beekeeping software cost?
Nothing for up to 5 colonies, with no expiry date. Above that the price depends on the number of your colonies. All tiers are on the pricing page.
Where is my data stored?
On servers in Germany, rented from OVH GmbH in Cologne. You can export it at any time as CSV, JSON or ZIP, even without a package.
Can I try the beekeeping software first?
Yes. After registration you test the features of the paid packages for one month, and the trial period ends by itself. With “Load sample data” under Settings you see iBeekeeper with sample colonies, without entering your own.