Calculators
Syrup, fondant, queen-rearing dates, honey yield and moisture.
Each calculator works in pounds, gallons and °F with metric alongside, shows its formulas and cites the extension services and federal sources its figures come from. Nothing is sent anywhere: everything is calculated in your browser.
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.
Open the toolFondant 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.
Open the toolQueen 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.
Open the toolHoney 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.
Open the toolHoney 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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