Frequently Asked Questions

You can invite other beekeepers to view and help manage your apiaries.

1. Open the apiary you want to share
2. Tap the three dots in the upper right corner
3. Tap “Shared Users”
4. Tap the add button to generate a share link
5. Send the link to whoever you want to share with

When they tap the link, your apiary will appear in their app automatically and they’ll have full access to add and edit hives and inspections.

Splitting a Hive

1. Navigate to the hive you want to split
2. Tap the three dots in the upper right corner
3. Tap “Split Hive”
4. Enter the details for the new hive
5. The original hive’s inspection history is preserved, and a new hive is created in the same apiary

Combining Hives

1. Navigate to either of the hives you want to combine
2. Tap the three dots in the upper right corner
3. Tap “Combine Hive”
4. Select the other hive to combine with
5. The inspection histories from both hives are merged into the surviving hive

Yes. HiveBloom works fully offline so you can record inspections out in the field without cell service.

Any changes you make while offline are saved locally and automatically synced to the cloud when you reconnect. If you share an apiary with other users, they will see your updates once syncing completes.

Yes! HiveBloom is completely free for up to 2 hives with unlimited inspections. No trial period, no credit card required, no expiration. You can use it forever at no cost.

If you want to go beyond 2 hives or unlock premium features like shared apiaries, advanced analytics, NFC/QR tags, data export, and harvest tracking, you can subscribe for just $17.99/year. That’s less than $1.50/month. You can cancel anytime through the App Store or Google Play.

Treatments

1. Navigate to the hive you want to treat
2. Tap “Treatments”
3. Tap the add button to log a new treatment
4. Enter the treatment type, date, and any notes

Mite Counts

1. Navigate to the hive
2. Tap “Mite Counts”
3. Tap the add button to record a count
4. Enter the count method, mite count, and date

Keeping consistent mite count records helps you spot trends and decide when treatments are needed.

HiveBloom sends a daily reminder when one of your hives is due for an inspection. The reminder takes weather into account, so you only get pinged on days that are actually workable for your bees.

The app looks at the forecast for your apiary’s location and suggests inspection days that match conditions bees tolerate well. Windy, rainy, or unusually hot or cold days are skipped.

You can set the hour you’d like to receive reminders in your account settings. Reminders default to 9:00 AM in your local time zone.

HiveBloom watches the forecast for each of your apiaries and sends a push notification when conditions look risky for your bees. Alerts cover situations like sustained extreme heat, sustained extreme cold, and other weather patterns worth preparing for.

To keep notifications from waking you up, HiveBloom respects quiet hours. Alerts that would fire between 10:00 PM and 7:00 AM in your local time zone are held back and sent the following morning. The alert still appears in the app’s notification list as soon as the forecast is checked, so nothing is lost.

Each alert is only sent once per week per apiary, so a long stretch of hot or cold weather won’t flood your phone.

AI Field Notes is a paid feature that reads through your inspection history and summarizes what’s been happening in each hive. Instead of scrolling back through weeks of notes, you get a short, plain-language recap that highlights trends, concerns, and things worth watching.

Field Notes are generated from your own inspection data. The more consistently you log inspections, the more useful the summary becomes.

AI Field Notes are included with the HiveBloom subscription.

Yes. HiveBloom can turn a spoken inspection into a structured entry, so you can keep your hands free and your hive open.

1. Start a new inspection
2. Tap the dictation button and describe what you see
3. HiveBloom parses your words and fills in the matching inspection fields (queen status, brood pattern, temperament, stores, and more)
4. Review what was captured and save the inspection

Only fields you actually mention are filled in. Anything you skip is left blank for you to fill in by hand if you want to.

Voice dictation works best in a quiet spot away from the bees, but a short recap at your truck after the visit works too.

HiveBloom lets you log harvests per hive so you can see which colonies are pulling their weight season over season.

1. Navigate to the hive you harvested from
2. Tap “Harvests”
3. Tap the add button to record a new harvest
4. Enter the date, weight, and any notes about the honey (color, moisture, floral source, etc.)

Over time, your harvest log builds a yield history you can compare across hives, apiaries, and seasons.

Harvest tracking is included with the HiveBloom subscription.

You can delete your HiveBloom account and all of your data at any time. Deletion removes your apiaries, hives, inspections, and any other records tied to your account.

See the data deletion page for the current instructions and contact details.

If you have an active subscription, cancel it through the App Store or Google Play before deleting your account so you’re not charged again.

Your HiveBloom subscription will automatically renew until it is canceled.

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