For UK beekeepers · AI-powered · Live on iOS & Web

Built for the UK beekeeping year.

Name: HiveKeeper
Author: Culshaw Consulting Ltd

AI-powered voice inspections, an Asian Hornet identifier, satellite apiary mapping, crop spraying alerts, and the UK nectar calendar. Built for British beekeepers and the BBKA seasonal calendar — by a Northamptonshire beekeeper.

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Good morning, Chris

· Nene Valley Lavender Farm

Active

Watch

⚠ Asian hornet · Critical

Confirmed sighting: 13 miles, Sawtry

Hive 4 · Queenright

8 frames brood · 3 stores

Hive 7 · Needs super

Tight, inspected 2 days ago

Hive 12 · Queenright

Good pattern, calm temper

Why HiveKeeper

Four things that make it specifically yours.

There are plenty of beekeeping apps. Most were built for American or European operations. HiveKeeper was built for how British beekeepers actually keep bees.

Built around the UK beekeeping year

Works with every UK hive type — National, Commercial, WBC, Smith, Top Bar, Warré, Nuc. The BBKA seasonal calendar drives your alerts. UK varroa treatment windows. Export inspection data to BeeBase / NBU format in one tap.

Aware of your environment

Integrated Asian Hornet Watch panel with live UK sightings map and in-app reporting. A Crop Spraying Tracker for pesticide exposure near your apiaries. The UK Nectar Calendar with 16 UK forage sources and monthly intensity. Forage conditions based on the weather at your apiary.

AI that understands beekeeping

Voice notes at the hive that fill the form for you. A chat assistant trained on your apiary data, with UK-legal treatments only. An AI Asian Hornet identifier that confirms Vespa velutina from a photo before you submit to Asian Hornet Watch. Built by beekeepers, for beekeepers.

Made by a beekeeper, not a startup

Built in Brigstock by Chris Culshaw, a BBKA Swarm Collector running multiple apiaries in Northamptonshire. Emails get answered personally. Still being shaped by the beekeepers using it. If something's wrong, tell Chris — he's the one reading.

What's actually in the app

The things no other beekeeping app actually ships.

We didn't want to build another generic hive logger. These are the features that exist because UK beekeepers told us what they needed — and that, honestly, no one else is shipping.

Voice Inspections

Speak at the hive in plain English — queen status, brood, stores, varroa, temper, swarm risk — and the AI extracts the data and fills the form. No typing in gloves with bees in the air.

Asian Hornet Identifier

Photo a suspect, get a Vespa velutina confidence score and the technical features the AI noticed (yellow tarsi, dark thorax, abdomen banding). Submit straight to Asian Hornet Watch with the photo attached.

HiveKeeper AI Chat

A chat assistant trained on your apiary's data, with UK context throughout. Ask about strange brood patterns, photograph a frame for analysis, get direct practical advice. UK-legal treatments only.

Crop Spraying Tracker

Log and see pesticide events within 6 miles of your apiaries. Severity scaling. Know when to keep your bees inside for a day.

UK Nectar Calendar

16 UK forage sources from willow to ivy, each with monthly intensity. Know what's active this week and when the peak is coming.

Satellite Apiary Map

Drag hives to their exact position. Place landmarks — sheds, water, trees. Rotate to match reality. Map zoom syncs across your devices.

Inventory & Refurb Pile

Track every box, frame, jar and lid. Boxes coming off a hive go to a refurb pile because they're not deployable until cleaned. Bottle directly from a harvest with automatic stock decrement.

Lone Worker SOS

One-tap emergency with live GPS. Texts your chosen contact with your exact location. For when you're at the out-apiary on your own.

Health Score 0–100

One number per hive, combining queen, brood, stores, varroa, temper and swarm risk. See trouble coming before it arrives.

Share an Apiary

Co-manage a hive with a mentor, a partner, or your local beekeeping association. Invite via link — they see what you see.

Asian Hornet Watch

Live UK sightings map in your hand. Severity alerts when sightings appear near your apiaries. Submit verified sightings in two taps.

Chris Culshaw moving beehives on a trailer in Northamptonshire, demonstrating real beekeeping experience behind HiveKeeper

Built in the field

Not designed in a boardroom. Designed on a trailer.

Every feature in HiveKeeper exists because I needed it at 6am, in a field, with multiple apiaries to get through. Voice notes because your hands are in the hive. Asian hornet AI because the threat is real. Crop-spraying alerts because losing a colony to drift is devastating. Lone-worker SOS because some apiaries have no signal and no one nearby.

This is beekeeping software written by someone who still drops the hive tool in the grass.

Pricing

Honest pricing, no hidden tiers.

Free if you've got a few hives. Pro if you're serious. Commercial if you're running a bee business. Every new account gets a 14-day Pro trial of the full thing, no card needed.

Free

For the first few hives

£0 forever

14-day full Pro trial included with every account.

Up to 3 hives, 1 apiary
Full inspection workflow
Voice-recorded inspections
Asian Hornet Watch panel
Weather at your apiary
HiveKeeper AI (5 messages/month)

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Built in Brigstock. Shaped by British beekeepers.

I'm Chris. I'm a BBKA Swarm Collector running multiple apiaries in and around Brigstock, Northamptonshire. HiveKeeper is the app I built because I was tired of hauling a notebook around the apiary and trying to decipher my own handwriting on Sunday evenings.

Tired of American apps that didn't understand how UK beekeepers actually keep bees. Tired of ignoring the Asian hornet threat because no one had built the tools to track it alongside the actual work.

What started as a personal tool became something other beekeepers asked to try. Then test. Then rely on. Today it's being shaped by a dedicated beta testing group whose feedback runs the roadmap.

If something's wrong, tell me — I'm the one reading. HiveKeeper is owned by Culshaw Consulting Ltd, the small consultancy I run.

— Chris

Culshaw Consulting Ltd Company No. 16938477

Trade Mark Filed UKIPO Classes 9, 35, 42

D-U-N-S Number 234452896

Based in Brigstock, Northamptonshire