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Winner of the 2024 American Beekeeping Federation "Innovation in Apiary Technology" award · Featured in The New York Times, May 2024
Read the announcement →Field Journal · Vol. 8
Log hives, track colonies, and harvest smarter from your phone — the paper notebook is finally retired.
38,400 beekeepers · 92 countries · 99.97% uptime
Built for the bee yard
Most apiaries sit at the end of a dirt road with patchy signal. BeeBook is offline-first by design — every inspection, photo, and note saves locally the moment you tap save, then syncs automatically when you walk back into range.
No drafts to lose. No spreadsheets to email yourself at the gate. No "I'll log it later tonight" that turns into never. The journal you actually keep is the one that works where the bees live.
See how offline mode works →
Varroa Intelligence
BeeBook runs the largest crowd-sourced varroa mite and treatment database in North America. Every wash count and treatment you log feeds the same model that helps your neighbor decide whether to treat today or wait a week.
Featured insight
Pull up your county and see what 1,200 nearby beekeepers logged for mite drops over the last four weeks — then plan your treatment window against real local data, not a generic calendar.
Explore the mite map →Side-by-side efficacy data from beekeepers using oxalic acid, formic acid, Apivar, and thymol — filtered by your climate, your brood stage, and your harvest window.
Spot emerging treatment resistance patterns in your region before they cost you a colony. The data shows you what's working for neighbors with similar conditions.
Set your own action thresholds per hive based on your tolerance for risk, your treatment philosophy, and the time of year — BeeBook reminds you, never decides for you.
What the trade is saying
"The best beekeeping app we've tested in 2024 — the offline mode alone is worth the subscription."
"A serious operational tool that respects the working beekeeper's time and the working apiary's lack of cell signal."
"An app that saved a hobby — the family in Minnesota credits BeeBook for catching a queenless hive in time to save the season."
The University of Florida study, 2022–2024
A longitudinal study with the University of Florida Honey Bee Research & Extension Lab tracked BeeBook users against a control group of paper-log beekeepers. The results speak in numbers, not promises.
28%
Fewer winter colony losses among consistent BeeBook loggers
2yrs
Study duration, autumn 2022 through spring 2024
1,840
Colonies tracked across both study groups
UF
Conducted with the Honey Bee Research & Extension Lab
Results observed across study conditions; individual outcomes vary by region, mite pressure, and beekeeper practice.