1. Monitor
Record the method, sample, count, date, hive, apiary and field context.
Varroa monitoring and treatment follow-up
Know which hives were checked, treated and still need a recheck.
Record alcohol wash, sugar roll or other mite counts at the hive, connect each result to treatment, and keep every post-treatment check visible until it is complete. Built for commercial teams working across apiaries and unreliable rural coverage.
Start where you areOne apiary, existing lid numbers and no spreadsheet migration.
The closed loop
Monitoring is useful when the follow-up is impossible to lose.
2. Decide
Keep the beekeeper's decision and reason attached to the result.
3. Treat
Record product, timing, responsible person and expected completion.
4. Recheck
Show due, overdue and unresolved post-treatment checks until closed.
What the manager sees
One work list, not another dashboard to interpret.
BuzzTech turns field records into the decisions that run the next round: which sites are due, which rechecks are late, where counts remain high and who owns the next action.
International terminology
Built around the monitoring language beekeepers already use.
Varroa mite monitoring
Alcohol wash, soapy wash, sugar roll or locally approved monitoring methods can be recorded consistently.
Treatment records
Keep applications and post-treatment results together so treatment effectiveness can be reviewed over time.
Offline beekeeping app
Capture the record in the apiary and synchronise later instead of relying on coverage at the hive.
Independent guidance: Penn State Extension alcohol-wash protocol | BeeAware Australia surveillance guidance. Always follow current local rules and product labels.
Questions
Varroa record-keeping FAQ
Does BuzzTech recommend treatments?
No. It records human decisions and their follow-up. Local guidance and product labels remain authoritative.
Does it work offline?
Yes. Field records can be captured without coverage and synchronised later.
Do we need tags first?
No. Existing lid numbers are enough to start. Tags are optional when the workflow has proved useful.
The closed loop
A monitoring result should visibly change the next work list.
BuzzTech keeps the result, treatment context, recheck date and unresolved action together so a positive count does not disappear into notes or memory.
Record count and action
Capture the result against the right hive while the evidence is still in front of the crew.
Make the recheck visible
Due and overdue work stays on the field workload view rather than in a separate reminder system.
Escalate what remains open
The weekly report shows the exceptions that still need a person, a date or a decision.
See it working
Twenty minutes on Zoom. A real operating system, working week in and week out.
We walk through BuzzTech as it is used at Forest & Bees: round reports, crew planning, field follow-up and the systems behind the week. You see a functioning business, not a staged demo. We do not need your hive count or operational figures to show it.
Your information stays optionalThe walkthrough uses the Forest & Bees system with permission. You choose whether to discuss your own scale, locations or commercial details.