Beekeeping notes
that survive winter.
Hiveminder helps hobbyists log hive inspections, track treatments, and ask questions of an AI co-keeper that knows your bees.
Works offline at the apiary · Free during early access
Why we built this.
Last winter I lost both my hives. Looking back, the signs were there in my notes — scattered across a paper journal, my phone's camera roll, and a Google Doc I half-kept. None of it was where I needed it when it mattered.
Hiveminder is the tool I wish I'd had. It's calm, fast, and designed for the way beekeepers actually work — one frame at a time, often with one hand, sometimes in a yard with no signal.
— Joey
Everything in one place
All your beekeeping notes,
organized for the way you actually work.
Every colony, in one place
A profile for every hive.
Each hive in Hiveminder gets its own dashboard — install date, queen lineage, equipment configuration, and every photo you've ever taken of it. At a glance, you know how it's doing. Tap in for the full history.
- Cover photo, queen color marker, and status pill
- Days since last inspection, last varroa count, total honey harvested
- Tabs for inspections, treatments, harvests, and insights
Built for the apiary
Log a hive in under a minute.
The inspection form is the wedge. Quick-tap fields for the basics — saw the queen, saw eggs, brood pattern, temperament. Voice notes for the rest. Photos when you need them. Works fully offline so signal in the bee yard never matters.
- Three-state toggles for what you saw (yes / no / didn't check)
- Pest and disease checklist with varroa count tracking
- Voice-to-text on the notes field
- Auto-saves every five seconds — never lose a tab crash
Never miss a removal date
A calendar that knows your hives.
Every inspection, treatment, and harvest lands on a unified calendar — looking back at what you've done and forward at what's next. Reminders are pre-built for the moments that matter: pull your Apivar strips on day 56, check varroa during the September monitoring window, prep entrance reducers before first frost.
- Month, week, and agenda views
- Treatment removal dates auto-scheduled when you log the application
- Seasonal nudges based on your location and time of year
- Drag events to reschedule
A second opinion at 11pm
Ask an AI that knows your bees.
Hiveminder's AI co-keeper reads your last five inspections of a hive before answering questions about it. Send a photo of a frame, get a structured second opinion on what you're seeing. Ask “is this brood pattern normal?” and get an answer that references what you actually wrote in your notes.
- Powered by Claude, Anthropic's most capable model
- Image upload for frame photos, queen ID, pest identification
- Always grounded in your inspection history — no generic advice
- Honest about uncertainty; defers to local mentors on serious calls
Patterns over seasons
See your data, find your trends.
The honest answer to “why did I lose that hive last winter” usually lives in patterns you didn't notice in the moment. Hiveminder charts varroa counts, brood patterns, treatment windows, and inspection cadence over time. Spot the slow declines before they're collapses.
- Varroa trend lines with action thresholds marked
- Population progression mapped from your structured fields
- Treatment timeline with applied / remove windows
- Year-over-year comparison once you have the data
Beekeeping is rarely solo
Bring your family. Bring a mentor.
Hiveminder is built for shared apiaries. Invite your partner as a Member and they can log inspections alongside you. Invite a master beekeeper as a Viewer — they'll see everything you've logged and can leave comments directly on your inspections. Get notified the moment a mentor weighs in on a hive that's worrying you.
- Three roles: Owner, Member, and Viewer
- Comments on inspections and hive profiles, with notifications to other members
- Mentor view is read-only on data but write-on-comments — perfect for coaching
- Email invitations with a magic link, expires in 7 days
From one yard to many
Run multiple apiaries with one account.
Whether you're managing your backyard hives, your parents' rural setup, and a community garden hive — or you're a sideliner running yards for several customers — Hiveminder keeps each apiary cleanly separated. Switch between them in a tap. Each apiary has its own members, hives, and history. The data never bleeds across.
- One account, unlimited apiaries
- Per-apiary members with independent roles
- Quick-switch between apiaries from the nav
- Yards within an apiary for multi-location operations
Tap and you're logging
Every hive, one scan away.
Stick a weatherproof Hiveminder tag on each box. When you're walking the apiary, point your phone's camera at the QR — the inspection form opens straight to that colony. No scrolling a list, no second-guessing which hive you're working, no typos at 6am.
It's the difference between “I'll write that up tonight” and a finished log before you close the lid.
- UV- and water-resistant labels built to live outdoors year-round
- Scan with your phone's native camera or the in-app scanner
- Configurable target — jump to the hive profile, a new inspection, or the last log
- Pre-printed kits coming soon; print-your-own works today
Start your best season yet.
Hiveminder is free during early access. Create an account in thirty seconds and start logging your first hive today.
Free forever for solo keepers
Built for the apiary,
not the office.
Your phone won't have signal in the bee yard. Hiveminder doesn't care. Log inspections, attach photos, and add reminders fully offline. Everything syncs when you're back in range.
- No signal needed
- Photos cache locally
- Auto-sync later
Common questions.
Anything else? Email hello@hiveminder.app.