1. Introduction

Bee Inspector: Hive Manager is a beekeeping management app for iPhone, Android, iPad, and the web. It lets you record inspections, track queens, monitor mite levels, log harvests, manage treatments, and analyze trends across your entire operation — from a single backyard hive to a multi-apiary commercial setup.

This guide walks through every feature in the app. You can read it from start to finish or jump directly to the section you need.

Key features at a glance:

• Full inspection records — health, brood, stores, pests, notes, and more
• Varroa monitoring — mite wash counts with automatic percentage calculation
• Hygienic behavior testing — pin-kill and UBeeO pheromone test support
• Queen management — score card with eight rated traits, lineage tracking, grafting candidate flags
• Hive operations — record splits, combines, upgrades, and inactive colonies
• Treatment tracking — full history with inspection sync
• Harvest records — weight, grade, honey type, moisture content
• Analytics — charts and trend data across your whole operation
• NFC hive tags — tap a tag attached to any hive box to open it instantly
• Export — CSV and PDF reports you can share or print
• Offline support — works without mobile signal; data syncs when you reconnect
• Team sharing — invite co-beekeepers to view and update your data