Yes — the core features are free. Pro subscription plans unlock advanced analytics, unlimited hives, and team sharing for larger operations.

Yes. Bee Inspector is a universal app optimized for both iPhone and iPad, including a full split-view layout on iPad.

Yes, with one important requirement: you must be logged in and have opened the app at least once while connected to the internet before going offline. Once you've done that, inspections and notes will save locally when you're offline and sync automatically to the cloud when connectivity is restored. Attempting to use the app for the first time offline is not supported.

NFC 215 tags (small stickers) can be attached to your hive boxes. Tapping the tag with your iPhone opens the hive directly — no searching needed. Requires iPhone 7 or later running iOS 13+.

To write a tag, you'll need a free third-party NFC writing app such as NFC Tools (by wakdev) or NFC TagWriter by NXP. In the app, create a new record of type Text and enter your hive name exactly as it appears in Bee Inspector (e.g. Hive 1). Write the record to an NFC 215 tag, then attach the sticker to your hive box. Bee Inspector will read the hive name from the tag and open the matching hive automatically.

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Each queen is rated across six traits — brood pattern, temperament, honey production, mite wash results, pin-kill hygienic test, and Harbo/VSH score. Each trait scores 1–5 and an overall percentage is calculated from whichever traits have recorded data.

Yes. You can invite team members who will see and edit the same apiaries, hives, and inspections in real time.

Yes. Go to Account → Export Data and tap Download Blank Inspection Form (PDF). The form is a single-page letter-size PDF with a wide left margin for ring-binder hole punching. Use it to record observations at the hive by hand, then enter the data into the app when you're back inside.

On iPhone, the iOS share sheet opens — tap Print to send to an AirPrint printer, or Save to Files to print later. On web, the PDF downloads directly and you can print from your browser.

A few things that make inspections easier:

Voice to text — tap the microphone button on the Notes or Today's Focus fields to dictate observations hands-free while you work through the frames. The text is appended automatically when you stop speaking.

Screen stays on — the inspection form keeps your screen active for 15 minutes from your last tap, so it won't lock mid-inspection. If you'd like the entire app to stay awake (not just the inspection form), enable Keep Screen Awake in Account Settings → Preferences.

From Account → Export Data you can download CSV files for inspections, queens, and notes. You can also generate a blank inspection form PDF sized to fit a ring binder.

Yes — the full app is available at my.beeinspector.com and works in Chrome and Edge. Safari is supported with some limitations (voice dictation and NFC are not available on web).