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Import & Export
Your records, your choice
Switching to Bee Happy Hives from another app, or moving away? Either way your beekeeping records belong to you. Here's what comes out, and what you can bring in.
Export — taking your data with you
📋 Inspection history (CSV)
Every inspection you've logged — date, hive, queen seen, brood frames, stores, varroa, notes, photos referenced. Opens in Excel, Numbers, Google Sheets.
💊 Treatments Register (CSV)
VMR 2013 / EU 2019/6 medicine record. Product, batch, expiry, dose, withdrawal period, prescription/SQP reference — everything a vet, BBKA mentor, or DAERA inspector would ask to see. Best practice is to keep these for 5 years.
🖼️ Photos
Inspection photos, varroa board photos, treatment box and receipt photos are saved alongside each record in the cloud. Tap a photo in any record to open it full-size — long-press to save to your phone.
🌐 Web dashboard
Sign in at web.beehappyhoney.uk on a desktop browser to browse the full archive, edit older records, and download bulk CSVs in one click.
Import — coming from another app
Already keep records in another app?
Bulk import is on the roadmap — for now, the smoothest move is to keep your old archive as a CSV file (every app worth using lets you export one) and start fresh in Bee Happy Hives from your next inspection.
A few records you'd like in early? Email hello@beehappyhoney.uk with the CSV attached and we'll bring them across for you.
Switching checklist
Export your existing records as CSV from the old app
Save the CSV somewhere safe (cloud drive, email to yourself)
Add your apiary location in Bee Happy Hives (Settings → Apiaries)
Add your hives (one row per hive — name, type, queen year)
Log your next inspection here — your colony health summary on Home grows from there
Set the date the colony was first established (in hive details) so seasonal advice is accurate
Sharing with vets, mentors & inspectors
When DAERA, NIHBS, BBKA or your vet asks…
Tap Download CSV on either of the cards above and email or print the file. The Treatments Register CSV alone covers the medicine-record question most inspectors ask first.
DAERA & BeeBase exports
Format-specific exports for DAERA (NI) and BeeBase (GB) inspector returns are coming. Until then, the CSV plus a short cover note works — that's how most beekeepers were doing it before any app existed.
Promise: export is free, forever, on every tier. Your data is never locked behind a paywall.
Terms & Data Ownership
Version 2026-05-v1 · Effective May 2026
Bee Happy Hives
Read time: about 2 minutes. Plain English. No tricks.
1 · Your data is yours
Every inspection you log, every note you write, every varroa count you record belongs to you.
We will never sell your individual records. We will never share them without your permission.
You can download everything as a CSV file at any time, from the Settings screen.
If you delete your account, your records are deleted within 30 days.
2 · How we use anonymous patterns
When you log an inspection, your anonymised data helps build a picture of beekeeping health across Ireland and the UK.
We might know that 25% of hives in County Antrim had chalk brood in May 2026. We will never know it was YOUR hive. No names. No hive IDs. Nothing that identifies you.
We may share or license these regional patterns to universities, conservation bodies like NIHBS, and government agencies like DAERA.
This helps protect Irish bees. By using the app, you are contributing to that.
3 · Contributing to science (optional)
If you want to go further, you can choose to share your identified data with named research partners.
This is completely optional. You can change your mind at any time in Settings.
When our first university or research partnership goes live, everyone who has opted in will receive one year free.
4 · What we never do
We never sell your personal data to advertisers.
We never share your individual records without your explicit consent.
We never lock your data behind a paywall. Export is always free.
The legal bit, kept short
Who runs this app: Apiary Records Ltd, registered in Northern Ireland, company number NI739315. Privacy contact: hello@beehappyhoney.uk.
Why it's lawful for us to hold your data: we hold it because you've signed up for the service (a contract). We share aggregated anonymous patterns because the data can no longer identify anyone. We only share identified data if you've opted in (your consent).
Where it's stored: Supabase cloud, in the EU/EEA, encrypted in transit and at rest. A copy is also kept on your device so the app works offline.
How long we keep it: for as long as your account exists. Treatment records: under the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013, best practice is for you as the beekeeper to keep these for 5 years — we recommend exporting them as a CSV before deleting your account so you have your own copy.
Your UK GDPR rights: see your data, fix it, take it with you (CSV export), have it deleted, or object to processing you didn't consent to. Email hello@beehappyhoney.uk and we'll respond within 30 days. If you're not happy with our response, you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.
Age: the app is for beekeepers aged 13 and over. Under 13s need a parent or guardian to manage the account.
If we change these terms: we'll show you the new version inside the app and ask you to read and re-accept before you carry on. The version number above (2026-05-v1) is what's currently in force.
Questions?
Contact us at hello@beehappyhoney.uk Apiary Records Ltd · NI739315 · Northern Ireland
We've updated our Terms
Version 2026-05-v1 · about 2 minutes to read
We've rewritten our Terms in plain English to make it clearer how your data is used. The short version:
Your anonymised data helps build NI / UK bee health patterns we may share or license to universities, NIHBS, DAERA. No names. No hive IDs.
3 · Optional science opt-in
You can choose to share identified data with named research partners. One year free when the first partnership goes live.
4 · What we never do
Never sell to advertisers. Never share without your consent. Never paywall your export.
Read the full Terms
Bee Happy Hives
You're in learning mode
Welcome to Bee Happy Hives! Once you register a hive, you'll unlock full record-keeping. For now, explore the app and the NI beekeeping calendar.
📅
NI Beekeeping Calendar
What's happening in the hive this month
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Mar: Spring build-up
Apr: First inspection
May: Swarm season begins
What you can do now
📅
Browse the calendar
Monthly NI beekeeping tasks and tips
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⚙️
Set up your profile
Add your apiary name and location
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📚
Read beginner guides
Hive & Seek blog — beehappyhoney.uk
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You can add more hives later in Settings
About you
Your full name
Your apiary
Apiary name
Apiary location
Used for local weather — nearest town or village
DataBees ref (optional)
Register free at daera-ni.gov.uk — part of keeping bees in NI
Your first hive
Hive name
Hive type
Bee Happy Hives
Smart hive records · Northern Ireland built
Northern Ireland
⛅
10°/ 0°
NW 18 km/h Light rain
Friday, 27 March 2026
Good morning
Welcome to Bee Happy Hives
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Hives
3
Locations
3
Alerts
13
Sensors
🕐
Yesterday's visit isn't finished
Finish now
How did each hive go?
Going to an apiary?
One tap before gloves go on
Start visit
May = queen rearing season
Start a wizard to schedule your grafting, cell checks and mating nuc dates automatically.
👋 Welcome — set up your first apiary
Plant Watch, weather tracking, and inspection records all attach to an apiary. Takes 30 seconds to set up.
🌸
Plants & Foraging
What's in bloom in Northern Ireland now
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🌿
Plant Watch
Year-on-year bloom timing for your named places
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💊
Treatments Registry
VMR 2013-compliant medicine records
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Colony health — recent inspections
No inspections yet
Plants & Foraging
In bloom right now
April flowers
Loading this month's foraging...
NI Beekeeping tips
Loading seasonal tips...
🌿
Plant Watch
Year-on-year bloom timing for your named places
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Plant Watch
FREE
Monthly weather notes — under 30 seconds
What the data says
Fetching weather data…
Anything unusual you noticed this month?
Anything else? (optional)
New Place
Tick everything that could flower in this spot. When you record an observation you'll pick which one is blooming right now.
Record observation
⚠️ Your apiary location isn't pinned — go to Settings to add it.
Delete place?
Place history
Treatments Registry
📋 VMR 2013 — Best practice: keep records for at least 5 years
Active (0)
Completed (0)
All (0)
💊
No treatments recorded
Tap + Record a new treatment to add your first VMR-compliant medicine record.
VMR 2013 Section F — single-file compliance export
New Treatment
Product
Reason for treatment
Application
⚠
Was the colony broodless when treated?
Treated hives
Tap each hive that received this treatment.
Treatment window
Untick "Treatment is ongoing" above to set an end date.
Days after end date before honey can be harvested. Most varroa treatments = 0.
Administered by
Notes
Photo evidence (optional, for your records)
Snap the box and your receipt. Saved as your own record — handy when DAERA, your vet, or BBKA mentor asks to see it. Stays private to you.
📦 Photo of the box
Shows batch, expiry, dose printed on the packaging.
🧾 Photo of the receipt
Shows supplier name + your SQP / prescription reference.
Feedings Registry
🍯 Best practice — keep records for at least 5 years
🍯
No feedings recorded
Tap + Record a new feeding to add your first.
New Feeding
Hive
Date
Feed type
Amount
Reason for feeding
Fed by
Notes
Harvests Registry
🫙 Best practice — keep records for at least 5 years
This year
0 kg
Last year
0 kg
All time
0 kg
🫙
No harvests recorded
When you take honey off, tap + Record a new harvest to log it.
New Harvest
Hive
Date
What you took off
Fullness of frames
Honey yield
ℹ️ For honey labelled as 'honey' on the jar, UK rules require <20% moisture. Above this you can still record it as honey-for-tracking, but it doesn't meet the label rule.
Floral source
Batch / lot
Jars
Sold?
Notes
Visit an Apiary
📍
Visiting your apiary
Choose your apiary
While you're visiting
✓
All alerts paused — no false alarms from hive activity
✓
Weight changes during inspection excluded from your baseline
✓
Quick hive status tap when you're done — 30 seconds per hive
✓
Auto-closes after 3 hours if you forget to tap End
Visit in progress
00:12
My Apiary
Northern Ireland · alerts paused
✅
Alerts paused — phone stays in pocket
💊 Treatment due today
Record now →
Treatment due
VMR 2013 medicine record
🎙️
Voice log a hive
Gloves on? Just talk. We fill in the form.
e.g. "Hive 1, queen seen, solid brood, good stores"
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📋
Log an inspection
Full record — tags this visit automatically
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Quick actions
🍯
Feed a hive
Record & suppress alerts
🪣
Harvest honey
Auto weight record
💊
Record treatment
Scan label · VMR 2013
📦
Add / remove super
Update hive config
Your hives at this apiary
Auto-closes in 2 hrs 48 mins if you forget
How did it go?
One tap per hive. No typing needed. Takes about 30 seconds.
🎙️
Voice log a hive
Gloves on? Just talk. We'll fill in the form.
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Hive 1
No sensor connected
All well today
Everything looks fine today.
📡
Hardware sensor integration coming soon
When your ESP32 sensor kit is connected, your hive weight and temperature will appear here in real time.
Colony health trends
📊
Complete an inspection to see your colony health charts
Last Inspection
No inspections recorded yet
Tap below to record your first visit.
Record keeping
Inspection Log
Tap a hive to record today's visit
Download records
📍
I'm at this apiary
Tap before you start the rounds — keeps your records grouped.
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🎙️
Quick voice note
Select a hive after tapping
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🏷
Scan hive tag
Point camera at a QR tag to open that hive
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Hive 1
What kind of visit?
📍›
📋 Tasks from last visit
Queen & eggs
Brood pattern
Queen cells
Colony strength (seams of bees)
Stores
Temper
Colony traits (GBBG)
Galtee Bee Breeding Group method. Score each trait 0–5 after this inspection. Skip any you didn’t observe — blanks are fine.
DocilityCalm at the open hive
SteadinessStay on the comb when lifted
BroodPattern & health
PollenForaging & storage
CombBuilding & tidiness
0 · Unsatisfactory5 · Outstanding
BlacknessNative (A.m.m.) colour
Chalkbrood5 = none seen, 0 = severe
Activity seen?
Board / floor check
Heft — how does the hive feel?
Lift one side of the hive gently. Judge the weight compared to what you'd expect for the time of year.
Hygienic behaviour test
Pin-prick test for disease resistance & VSH. Pin-prick a patch of sealed worker brood, return ~24 hours later, count how many cells the bees have uncapped or cleaned out. Higher % = colony detects and removes diseased brood faster.
Cells pricked
Standard test uses 21
Cells removed
Cap gone AND cell cleaned out
0 of 21 removed
0%
Rating: not yet measured
Fill in cells removed after your 24-hour check to see the rating.
Treatment applied
📋 VMR 2013 TREATMENT RECORD
Medicine records — product, batch, expiry, dose, photos — live in your Treatments Registry. We'll bring you back here when you're done.
✓ TREATMENT RECORDED
Treatment
In your registry
Feed given
🍯 FEEDING RECORD
Feeding records — feed type, amount, reason — live in your Feedings Registry. We'll bring you back here when you're done.
✓ FEEDING RECORDED
Feeding
Harvest
🫙 HARVEST RECORD
Harvest records — supers, kg, batch, jars — live in your Harvests Registry. We'll bring you back here when you're done.
✓ HARVEST RECORDED
Harvest
What did you do?
Why?
Notes
Photos
Up to 4 — frame, brood, sticky board…
🔬 Varroa & disease
Varroa check method
Mites counted per 100 bees
Board in for how many hours?
📸 Photo of sticky board
Disease signs (tick all seen)
⚠️ Notifiable disease suspected. Contact DAERA (NI): 0300 200 7840 or APHA. Do not move hives.
March 2026
Northern Ireland · Beta
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
Urgent
Watch
Compliance
Routine
Done
April · What your colony is doing
Queen in full lay, swarm season is starting. Inspect every 7 days minimum. Check for queen cells — swarm prevention is now your top priority. Weight gains from oil seed rape may begin — have supers ready.
Coming up
My Reminders
Today
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🏠Apiary
🦟Varroa
🏥Disease
🍯Feeding
🌦️Weather
⚙️Equipment
🔗Connect
Subscription
Commercial Plan
21 hives · 13 sensors · Renews 5 April 2026
Active
Apiaries & Hives
+ Add an apiary
New apiary
Apiary name
Location (nearest town or village)
DataBees ref (optional)
My account
Your name
Name updated ✓
Display
Text size
Medium
Notifications
Morning check-in
Delivered every day at 8:00 AM
8:00
Breeding programme
Breeding Programme
Not started · Manage at web.beehappyhoney.uk
↗ This is part of Apiary Records
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Your data & privacy
Your data
Your inspection records belong to you. Tap to read the full Terms & Data Ownership.
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Contribute to bee conservation research
You are not currently sharing identified data with research partners. Your anonymised regional data still contributes to conservation datasets.
Export your data (CSV)
Your full inspection history. Free. Anytime.
Download
Delete your account
Email us — we'll action it within 30 days.
Delete
Inspection mode
Breeder mode
Adds GBBG trait scoring (0–5 with calibrated descriptions) to Full inspections. Beginner-friendly explanations under each score. Moving to Pro tier — preview for now.
Records & Compliance
Treatments Registry
VMR 2013 medicine records — kept ≥ 5 years
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Download Treatment Register (CSV)
Single-file VMR 2013 compliance export
Download
Download Inspection Records (CSV)
All inspections from this device, including GBBG scores
Download
Import & Export checklist
Switching apps? What comes out, what to bring in, who to share with
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Your data sync
Sync to cloud
All records are saved to the cloud.
If your records get stuck (e.g. after a long no-signal apiary visit), tap this to force-push everything sitting on this device.
Records that couldn't sync
About
App version
Tap to see what's new
v1.2.0
Terms & Data Ownership
Plain English. About 2 minutes to read. Version 2026-05-v1.
Common reference points: 6+/day in autumn, 10+/day in summer are often considered elevated. Your local association can advise.
Treatment window reminders
🍂 Autumn broodless window
Remind me when brood ceases (usually Oct–Nov in Northern Ireland) — a key varroa management window
🌱 Spring mite count reminder
Remind me to do a natural mite drop count in early spring
Photo counting
📷 Automatic photo counting
Count mites on your sticky board using your phone camera — coming soon
Soon
Records
Treatment records (VMR 2013)
Manage medicine records on the web dashboard
Open →
Sensor pattern alerts
Sensors measure temperature, humidity, and weight only. They cannot diagnose disease — but they can spot unusual patterns and remind you to go look.
⚠️ Unusual temperature or weight drop
Flags a pattern worth investigating — could be many things. Sensor reminds you to inspect, not a diagnosis.
🍄 Nosema risk period reminder
Calendar reminder (Feb–Apr) to check for dysentery signs during your next inspection — not sensor-based
🐛 Unusual activity drop
Weight and temperature both low in warm weather — worth a look. Report what you find in the inspection log.
Inspection reminders
Overdue inspection reminder
Alert if a hive hasn't been inspected in more than 10 days during active season
Nuc monitoring
📦 Nuc winter alerts
Nucleus colonies need more frequent checks — alert every 2 days if weight loss is accelerating. Nucs are fragile in winter.
Disease records
View disease history
Managed on the web dashboard
Open →
My feeding setup
Feed types I use
Supplements & additives
Leave empty if you don't use any
These options appear when you tap "Feed a hive". Your labels, not ours.
Feeding alerts
Low stores warning
Alert me when hive weight suggests stores are running low
🌱 Spring starvation risk
Increase alert sensitivity Feb–Apr when colonies use stores fastest
Location
📍 Apiary location
3-metre precision — weather fetched for your exact apiary. Drop a pin on a map (or use GPS at the hives) in Apiary settings.
On
Weather sources
Open-Meteo
1 km resolution · Covers all of Ireland · Historical & 7-day forecast
Primary
Met Office DataHub
2 km UKV model · Northern Ireland fallback · Government accuracy
Fallback
Weather data is cached 3 hours per apiary. No personal data is ever sent to weather providers.
Inspection conditions
Minimum inspection temperature
App warns you if it's below this when you start a full inspection. Below this temperature, exposed brood can chill and die; bees are also more defensive when they cannot fly.
°CUK default: 12°C
Saved ✓
Weather alerts
🌧️ Rain before inspection
Warn me if heavy rain is forecast on an inspection day
💨 High wind warning
Alert if sustained winds above 40 km/h forecast — hive stability risk
❄️ Hard frost warning
Alert if temperature forecast below −5°C — check hive insulation
🌸 Nectar flow forecast
Notify me when conditions look good for a flow starting
Sensor status
Live readings from all your paired sensors. Tap a sensor to change its hive assignment.
Hub & charging station
Hive calibration
Your scale subtracts your empty hive weight to show stores weight only. Set once — the app remembers it for each hive.
💡 A cedar National weighs ~12 kg empty. A poly National weighs ~4 kg. The same total reading means very different store levels depending on your hive material.
Hive labels
Print QR code labels for each hive. Scan with any QR reader to identify the hive quickly.
Your phone calendar
Show your wizard reminders and personal notes straight on your iPhone, Android, or computer calendar. One tap and they're always in sync — no copy and paste, no double entry.
More integrations coming
R&BKA association calendar · weather data export · BeeBase. We'll add them here as they're ready.
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2
3
Step 1 of 3 — Scan the label
Recording treatment for
Select hive below
VMR 2013
📷
Scan medicine label instead
Point camera at the box to fill in automatically
📦 Point at the label that shows:
• Product name (e.g. Apiguard, Oxalic Acid)
• Batch / lot number
• Expiry date
⏳
Reading label…
This takes just a second
📦
Box contents (read from label)
10 trays · 2 trays per hive
This box covers up to 5 hives
Which hives did you treat?
0 of 5 selected
📦 Box limit reached — scan another box to record more hives
💡 Treating more than 5 hives? Scan each box separately — each gets its own batch record. One scan covers all hives treated with that box.
✅
Label read successfully
Check the details below and tap Save
Product
Apiguard 25% w/w Gel
Batch number
VT2024-A1-NI
Expiry date
August 2026
Applied to
Hive 3 · Home Farm
Method
Gel tray (on top bars)
Supplier
Thorne's Beekeeping
Date applied
28 March 2026
Removal date
25 April 2026
⚠️ Honey supers — do not use until
12 April 2026
Withdrawal period added to your calendar automatically
Something doesn't look right — scan again
Saved securely · Kept for 5 years · VMR 2013 best practice · DAERA-ready
✅
Record saved
Treatment logged. Withdrawal date added to your calendar.
Record ID
VMR-2026-0328-H3-APG
Keep this if asked for records by DAERA
Release history
What's New
v1.1.0
28 March 2026
Current
📅
Smart Beekeeper's Calendar
Sensor-personalised monthly tasks. Flow alerts, treatment reminders, swarm warnings — all in one place.
🎙️
Voice logging
Log inspections hands-free with gloves on. Just speak — the app fills in the form.
📍
Map pin apiary location
3-metre precision. Drop a pin from home, or use GPS at the hives — no fiddling with addresses.
🕐
Incomplete visit recovery
If you left a visit unfinished, the home screen reminds you to complete it.
💻
Web dashboard
View all your hives from any desktop browser at web.beehappyhoney.uk.
v1.0.0
5 February 2026
Initial release
Hive status dashboard, morning notifications, VMR 2013 inspection logging, treatment records, varroa tracking, weight trend graphs. Free, Standard and Pro tiers.
Sensor data
Why this matters
What did you find?
Your answer helps the app learn your apiary
Saved ✓
Uploading photo…
Saving to your account
Feed a hive
Which hive?
Multiple hives
Feed type
Sugar syrup
Fondant
Other
Supplement (optional)
Plain
+ Hive Alive
+ H.A. + pollen
Amount
Sugar syrup — measured in litres
2 litres
Cancel
Record harvest
Which hive?
Multiple hives
Supers removed per hive
1
2
3
4+
How full?
Full & sealed
Mostly sealed
Half sealed
⚖️
Hardware scale
When your sensor is connected, weight will be recorded automatically at harvest.
Exact weight & grade — add after extraction on the web dashboard
Cancel
Super change
Scale adjusts tare automatically · Each empty super ~2.4 kg
Action
+ Add
− Remove
How many?
1
2
3
4
Which hive?
Multiple hives
Select a hive and action
⚠️ Heavy hive — plan before moving
A hive with 4+ supers can weigh over 80 kg. Remove supers before any move — never attempt this alone. Get help or use a hive trolley.
