Help & Documentation

An overview of HivePulse — what it does, who it is for, and how the web app, iOS app, and Android app work together.

Create and manage apiaries — named locations that group your hives. Set a GPS location to appear on the community map.

Add hives to an apiary, choose a hive type (Langstroth, Dadant, Top Bar, Warré), and link a QR code for fast field access.

Generate printable QR code batches, attach them to hive boxes, and scan them to open the correct hive instantly.

Invite another beekeeper by e-mail to work on an apiary or single hives with you, accept an invitation, and see what stays with the owner.

Take hives to the bloom: move them between your apiaries, keep the history of where each has stood, and see every journey on a map.

Extend the built-in inspection form with your own fields — text, numbers, checkboxes, dropdowns — scoped to your account or a specific apiary.

What is due, how your hives are doing and what is coming up, at a glance, and how to plan treatments for a hive or a whole apiary.

What to do when, month by month: feeding, inspections, swarm control, drone frames, moving for honey, extracting and preparing for winter, moved to your own place.

Record every visit to a hive: varroa count, colony mood, queen sighting, brood frames, honey frames, weight, treatments, and more.

Download all inspection records for an apiary as JSON or CSV to share with your veterinarian, researcher, or national beekeeping authority.

Understand your hive health over time with varroa trend charts, mood distribution, queen-seen rate, brood frame counts, and inspection intervals.

Compare your apiary against the HivePulse community — average varroa counts, good-mood rates, brood frame counts, and inspection intervals across all public apiaries.

Report Asian hornet catches and nest sightings, vote on community photo submissions, and view the live nest map.

Register a named physical trap, log daily catch counts using its 8-character access code, and search for traps near your location.

Set a reminder interval and season window so HivePulse can notify you when a hive is overdue for an inspection.

Update your display name and language, change your password, and permanently delete your account and all associated data.