Beekeeper's Journal

Free, forever. Every record, photo, and location stays on your device — no accounts, no ads, no tracking, no cloud sync. No in-app purchases. Beekeeper's Journal is a focused offline notebook for managing your hives, built for hobbyists and commercial operators alike. Track every inspection, log every harvest, schedule treatments, mix feed, and reference a curated bee-disease library — without leaving the app. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Hive list with a key snapshot from each colony's latest inspection • Inspection log — date, weather, duration, brood pattern, broodless toggle, population strength, food stores, queen status, disease observations, actions, photos, notes. Optional name field. Edit any past entry; add or remove photos. • Edit hive names any time • Harvest log by hive and type (honey, pollen, wax, propolis) • Tabbed hive history of inspections, harvests, feedings, and treatments — tap any entry for full detail • Per-hive calendar with day dots for every kind of entry • Optional per-hive location pin: pick on an OpenStreetMap, use your current location, or look up an address. Stays on your device. • View all your hives on a map with an optional satellite layer • Disease library — curated entries from USDA ARS, Penn State Extension, Oklahoma State Extension, and Alberta Government. Searchable, filterable by severity and life stage. Includes Varroa, Small Hive Beetle, Chalkbrood, Wax Moth, Deformed Wing Virus, Sacbrood, American Foulbrood, European Foulbrood, Tracheal Mites, and Nosema, with reference photos where available. Tap a photo to zoom. • Treatment protocols for each disease (Apiguard, Apivar, Formic Pro, MAQS, oxalic acid, Terramycin, fumagillin, beetle traps, soil drench, more). Start a treatment for a hive on today or a future date; the app schedules local reminders for each follow-on dose. • Feed recipes with a built-in calculator — 1:1 and 2:1 sugar syrup, winter sugar block, pollen substitute patty. Edit any ingredient and the rest scale automatically. US or metric units. Log a feeding to a hive. • Next-inspection reminders — schedule a single date across one hive or many at once from the home screen, and get a local notification on that day • Upcoming reminders inbox — treatment doses and inspection reminders in one place to confirm, cancel, or open the hive • Hive QR labels — print one per hive from Hive Settings and scan it from the home screen to pull that hive up. Useful for managing many colonies. • Data backup — export everything (hives, inspections, harvests, feedings, treatments, photos) to a ZIP from Settings, then restore it after a reinstall. Stays on your device. • Delete a hive — Hive Settings includes a Danger zone to remove a hive and every record attached to it. • Reference disease info from inside the inspection form without losing your entry • Theme picker: Light, Dark, System, Honey, and Material You on Android 12+ • Photo attachment via Android's system photo picker — photos stay on your device PRIVACY Works offline. The only network requests are OpenStreetMap tile downloads when you open a map picker, and the device's built-in geocoder when you look up an address or your current location. The camera is used only on the QR scan screen; frames decode locally and aren't saved. Notifications are local — no push service. Full policy: https://thecloudix.github.io/BeeKeepers-Journal-Docs/ WHO IT'S FOR • Hobbyists with a few colonies who want a real record • Sideliners managing a few dozen hives who need to time treatments and remember when each one is due for a check • Commercial operators who want fast field entry, per-hive history, and printable QR labels for the apiary DISCLAIMER The disease library and treatment protocols are reference only and do not constitute veterinary or extension advice. Confirm diagnosis and treatment options with your local extension service or a licensed veterinarian. Many treatments are regulated and require prescriptions.