The beekeeping mentor that knows your hive.
From your first inspection onwards, HiveIQ is being designed to remember what happened in that colony so you can talk through what you are seeing today with the history already in context.
A mentor is more useful when it remembers what happened last time
A new beekeeper might ask whether a colony is queenright, whether queen cells are significant, what a brood photo shows, or what to check next. The useful answer depends on the season and on that colony’s previous queen evidence, brood, stores, health observations, Varroa history and actions. HiveIQ is designed to bring that authorised history into the conversation rather than treating every question as a blank slate.
What HiveIQ is designed to bring together
- Discuss what you are seeing during an inspection
- Use authorised colony history as context
- Add photographs for review-oriented observations
- Keep AI interpretation separate from confirmed records
- Review and confirm before anything important becomes part of the colony history
Ask the questions beginners actually have.
“I couldn’t find the queen — should I worry?” “Are these queen cells significant?” “What should I look for at my next inspection?” Ask HiveIQ can demonstrate the conversation now. In the full product, the difference is that the mentor can work from the authorised history of the colony itself.
The long-term promise
Trusted digital history of every colony.
Voice, photographs and AI are ways of using that history. They are not the history itself.
Built for the language and rhythm of UK beekeeping.
HiveIQ is being developed around practical UK apiary work: brood boxes and supers, nucs and splits, queen cells, seasonal inspections, Varroa management, colony histories and the actions that follow an inspection.
AI suggestions remain suggestions. HiveIQ is designed to keep private records private by default and to require beekeeper review before AI-assisted interpretation becomes a confirmed record.
Help shape HiveIQ in real UK apiaries.
Register by 31 December 2026 for free access during the 2027 beekeeping season. Participants are asked to complete a short monthly feedback survey.