BeeKeeper Professional Edition

BeeKeeper Professsional Edition was created for the beekeeper with 150 hives or more. This program tracks every aspect of your operation and allows you to compile detailed reports. This page gives a general overview of the entire program. A 60 day free trial version is available.

Main Menu Buttons:

Location: Opens a list showing all the Locations where Hives are kept. Sub-forms allow you to add new locations, display detailed information about each location and edit. This form tracks such information as the location's area, GPS coordinates, all the owner information, and has the ability to import a map of the location or the location of the hives on the property. The print feature allows reports to be printed from this form including the Location Report. This report allows you to take single locations and choose which information you want printed.

Pallet: If your operation uses pallets this form shows you a list of all your pallets and their location. You have the option of creating new pallets, editing existing pallets, moving or deleting. By highlighting a particular pallet you can also get a list of all the hives on that pallet.

Hive: Lists all the hives, date they were created, location and source. From this form you can create new hives or edit and move existing hives. Hive History can also be used here to track where the hive has been. This helps in the tracking of mites/pests. When hives are deleted, you have the option of placing the record in the Trash Bin. The Trash Bin stores deleted records for later review and analysis.

Sub-Menu Buttons:

Queen: Opens a list of Queen installs. From this list you can see such things as the hive, breed and breeder. A Filter allows you to narrow down your list to specific requirements such as breed or hive. There are three custom fields for each queen install record. This allows you to track information pertinent to your operation regarding your queens. The print feature allows a full report of all your queens to be printed and queen breeds by location.

Production: Can be recorded by production by location or individual hive. Location based production tracks the number of supers installed and harvested. Production by Hive tracks weight of honey harvested from each hive. Both production tables have custom fields so you can track information pertinent to your operation. The filter can narrow down your data in either table. The reports allow a production list from either table or a report on production by queen breed.

Hive Count: Opens a list of locations and allows you to track the number of hives at each location. The count can be broken down to single, double, other or empty, and by the date with a total shown. A filter can help you narrow down the information in the list.

Supplemental Feeding: Opens a form that allows you to track the supplemental feeding to hives in a location. Medication can also be tracked in this form. The filter helps define your information by location, food, medication or by a specific date. New and Edit form can be accessed from this form. The print feature allows you to print a report from this information.

Crops and Pesticides: In this area you can record the crops grown in any given location and the pesticides used on them or in the immediate area. There are two crop and pesticide categories as well as a place for remarks. The form can be filtered to allow you to look at a specific year.

Hive Testing: The Hive Test Results form is a list of the locations with the individual hives, showing tests done and the results of those tests. The table includes fields such as number of mites, percentage of infestation, and level of infestation. The filter helps narrow down the information by the location, hive, test done, results, or by date. Reports can also be printed from the table.

Weather and Notes: This form shows all the weather and notes on file by date and also by location. From this form you can add new reports or edit existing ones. A report can be highlighted and details can be recalled, there is plenty of room for comments.

Hive Treatment: Opens a form that lists the treatments either by location or by hive. The filter can be used to show only certain hives, location, treatment used, or date. The new and edit forms can be accessed from this form. The print feature allows reports to be printed.

ToDo List: This feature stores all queen installs, testing, treatments and any job that needs to be done or checked on at a later date. The grid shows all jobs that currently need tending to, a filter can be checked and all future jobs will be displayed. This form can be turned "ON" so that it loads every time the program is opened to allow you to see any jobs that need to be done.

Exit: Exit closes the whole program.

Additional Features:

Staff: Each form allows you to keep track of which staff members preformed the action on that form. New Staff members can be added on the forms that add new information, so there is no need to go to a special form.

Help: Each form has a help button that takes you directly to the corresponding help page. The help menu gives you information on each form and how to use it.

New Season: Closes of the old season and prepares the database for a new season. The old seasons are retained in the database for use at any time.

Back up: This feature allows you to back-up all your files for security and safety. If you wish a feature to be reminded at time intervals to back-up can be turned on.

Edit Database Sub-Tables: This form gives you the ability to enter/edit information on the programs 10 sub-tables. In this one form you can change information on crop types, hive types, tests, treatments, staff, queen breeds, etc.

Sorting: Every column title with a star behind it has the ability to sort by that column when the title is clicked. For example if you were to click on the location title the grid would sort location alphabetically.

Right Click: Many forms have the ability to enter data by simply right clicking on the appropriate column.

Saving Data: All input forms have a Save and Save & Close button. With the Save button many records can be entered without the form closing. Save & Close saves the record entered and then closes the form.

Filters: Each form has a filter to help you narrow down your information. Once the information has been narrowed down a report can be printed.

Reports: Each form has the ability to print numerous reports. From information in the grid to special reports like honey production by queen breeds.

Copy to Clipboard: All forms have the ability to copy the data in the grid to the clipboard and then from there into any spreadsheet program.

Text Boxes: All input forms have dropdown text boxes to make entering data easy. Each of the dropdown fields have New buttons beside them to enter new data.

Hive Creation: All hives can be created in four different ways; Hive number assigned to a location, Hive with a number assigned to a vacant pallet, Hive number with no pallet or location assignment, or a Hive on a vacant pallet using the pallet's number.

Hive Deletion: When you delete a hive you have the option of putting it into the Trash Bin. Here your hives are stored and can be viewed for future analysis and then deleted.

ToDo List: This program has a ToDo List where actions that need to be taken can be recorded. For instance if a new queen is installed you can ask the program to remind you on a certain date to check on that queen. This feature has the option of being loaded as soon as the program opens to allow you to immediately see what needs to be done.

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