How to record a colony inspection

There are three ways to start an inspection, and they all end up in the same place:

• on the hive card, under “Inspection History” — the add button;
• in “Works” — the add button , then “New Inspection”;
• by voice — in “Works”, the add button , then “New inspection (voice)”, see Voice inspections.

The form is broken into steps: “General Information”, “Queen”, “Brood”, “Food Stores”, “Colony Strength”, “Health”, “Actions Performed”, “Notes and photos”. You move between them with “Back” and “Next” — you can skip steps and come back to them.

You don’t have to fill everything in — empty fields simply don’t go into the record. Settle on a minimum set that you always record: whether you saw the queen, the colony strength, the brood and the stores, for example.

When you are done, tap “Create”. The app shows “Inspection saved successfully”.