HiveHelper Blog
Beekeeping tips, app updates, and what we're learning along the way.
We built HiveHelper to solve a problem every beekeeper knows: hive inspections generate too much information to keep in your head, and too little of it ever gets written down.
Colony losses run 40–50% per year in the US. Varroa destructor is the leading cause — not because it's unstoppable, but because most beekeepers don't monitor consistently enough to catch it in time.
Your first inspection of the season sets the baseline for everything that follows. Here's what to assess, what to record, and what actions to take based on what you find.