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Syrup and harvest calculators, a queen-rearing calendar and online logbooks: free tools for the apiary.
Contents
- 01CalculatorsSyrup, fondant, queen-rearing dates, honey yield and moisture.5 tools
- 02Online logbooksApiary register, honey house log and inspection log, kept in your browser.3 tools
- 03DirectoryBeekeeping schools, associations and beekeepers near you.Coming soon
- 04ClassifiedsSwarms, queens, used equipment and apiary sites, between beekeepers.Coming soon
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All tools
- Calculators
Sugar water for bees calculator
How much sugar and water for 1:1 or 2:1 syrup, by weight or by volume: pounds, gallons and cups for your colonies, with fall doses from extension guides.
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Fondant and sugar brick calculator for bees
Fondant for bees or no-cook sugar bricks: pounds of sugar, cups of water and candy temperatures for the batch you need, from extension service recipes.
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Queen rearing calendar
Enter your grafting or cupkit date: capping, ripe cells into mating nucs, emergence, mating and first eggs, dated day by day and ready for your calendar.
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Honey yield and price calculator
Pounds of honey per hive, 12 oz bears, 1 lb or 2 lb jars and quarts to fill, revenue at surveyed US prices or yours, and what is left after jars and sugar.
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Honey moisture content calculator
Is your honey dry enough? Check a refractometer reading against USDA Grade A (18.6%), Grade C and state standards, and work out the moisture of a blend.
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Hive treatment records
Log varroa treatments with EPA registration numbers, antibiotics under a VFD, mite counts and inspections in a free apiary record you can export and print.
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Honey extraction log
A honey house log for every batch: lot code, apiary, supers pulled, moisture reading, pounds extracted and jars bottled, so any jar traces back to its hives.
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Hive inspection log
Record every hive inspection: queen or eggs seen, brood pattern, stores, frames of bees, mite count and temper. Filter by hive, export to CSV and print it.
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Beekeeping associations and labs directory
State and local beekeeping associations, state apiary inspectors, extension bee labs and honey testing labs, state by state.
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Beekeeping classifieds
Nucs, packages, queens, used equipment and apiary sites between beekeepers, with listings reviewed before they go live.
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