The beekeeping app that gets out of your way: hive inspections in under a minute on the BBKA record card, voice notes from apiaries with no signal, jar labels with lot numbers, medicines records for the inspector, and your whole team on the same page.
Start free — up to 3 hives See how it worksThree steps from cardboard notebook to records you can actually use.
Add each site and colony — or import your existing spreadsheet in one go. Print a QR label for every roof: scan it at the hive to open that colony's records.
The inspection form follows the BBKA card: queen, brood, stores, health, varroa, temper. No signal? Record a voice memo as you walk the hives and upload it later — ColonyPilot transcribes it and files an inspection for every hive you mention.
Harvests carry lot numbers and print straight onto 21-up jar label sheets with best-before dates. Treatments compute safe-to-harvest dates, and the medicines record prints ready for a bee inspector's visit.
Built with working beekeepers — from the first nuc to a sideliner business.
Queen, cells, brood pattern, stores, room, supers, health, varroa, temper, feed and weather — auto-filled from your apiary's forecast.
Talk your way round the apiary in your phone's voice app; upload later and get one draft inspection per hive to review and save.
Traceability from hive to jar: printable label sheets with lot, weight, best-before and your producer details — and your logo.
Doses, batch numbers and withdrawal periods; harvests inside a withdrawal window are flagged before they're saved.
Queen cells spotted in a recent inspection put that hive front-and-centre on your dashboard until you've dealt with it.
Marks, clipping, supersedures and sources — the full lineage stays with each hive.
Invite helpers as owners or members with sensible permissions, and see who changed what in the activity log.
Health overview, weekly email digest, and year-on-year honey, varroa and temper charts.
Everything exports to CSV — including a per-apiary summary shaped for BeeBase updates. Import works the other way too.
Start free. Upgrade when the bees multiply — changing plan mid-season is prorated automatically.
Common questions about keeping hive records with ColonyPilot.
ColonyPilot is a beekeeping app for recording hive inspections and managing apiaries. It follows the BBKA record card — queen, brood, stores, health, varroa and temper — and adds voice notes, harvest lot numbers, jar labels, treatment records and team access. It runs in your browser and installs on your phone like an app.
Yes. Record a voice memo as you walk the hives; when you're back in signal, upload it and ColonyPilot transcribes it and drafts an inspection for every hive you mentioned.
Yes — free forever for up to 3 hives in 1 apiary, with full BBKA-style inspections, voice notes and CSV export. No card details needed. Paid plans start at £4.99/month when your apiary grows.
That's the point. Import your existing spreadsheet in one go, then record each inspection in under a minute on your phone at the hive. Everything exports back to CSV any time — including a per-apiary summary shaped for BeeBase updates — so your records are never locked in.
Harvests carry lot numbers and print onto 21-up jar label sheets with best-before dates and your producer details. Treatments record doses, batch numbers and withdrawal periods, and the medicines record prints ready for a bee inspector's visit.
Yes — invite team members as owners or members with sensible permissions, and see who changed what in the activity log. Perfect for shared association apiaries, mentors with beginners, and beekeeping businesses.
Set up your first apiary in two minutes — and if your records live in a spreadsheet, import brings them with you.
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