Introduction to Hive-Pal
Welcome to Hive-Pal, a modern beekeeping management application designed for both mobile and desktop use. Track your apiaries, hives, inspections, and more with our intuitive interface.
What is Hive-Pal?
Hive-Pal is a self-hostable application built to help beekeepers manage their operations with ease. Whether you're a hobbyist with a few hives or managing multiple apiaries, Hive-Pal provides the tools you need to track your beekeeping activities efficiently.
Key Features
- Apiary & Hive Management: Track multiple apiaries and hives with location, status, and configuration
- Flexible Inspections: Record detailed inspections with subjective ratings or data-driven counts, plus quick checks, batch and scheduled inspections, and bulk add
- Audio & AI Transcription: Speak your observations and let AI turn them into structured inspection data
- Queen Management: Track queen marking, movement history, and replacements
- Harvests, Equipment & Reports: Log honey harvests, plan equipment, and visualize trends over time
- QR Codes & Calendar: Scan straight to a hive and plan your season at a glance
- Modern Sign-In: Password, passwordless magic link, or passkey (WebAuthn) via Better Auth
- Mobile-First Design: Optimized for field use with easy data entry
- HiveScale Integration: View live hive weight, temperature, battery, solar, and cellular telemetry from self-hosted HiveScale devices
- Free Tools: Public syrup calculator, brood timeline, and swarm-management guides
Why Hive-Pal?
Beekeeping requires careful observation and record-keeping. Hive-Pal simplifies this process by providing:
- Centralized Records: Keep all your beekeeping data in one place
- Historical Tracking: Review past inspections and colony development
- Informed Decision Making: Use data to improve your beekeeping practices
- Self-Hosted: Maintain control of your data by hosting the application yourself
- Hardware-Friendly: Pair HiveScale devices with your Hive-Pal account and correlate scale data with inspections