🐝 honeybees Live · Self-host

A hive log for backyard beekeepers who take notes.

Track each hive, each queen, each inspection. Capture brood pattern, mite counts, frame coverage, weather. And when you're staring at a frame that looks a little off, upload a photo — Claude Vision reads brood pattern, flags mite signs, and suggests the next step.

What it does

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Hives

Per-hive record with name, variety (Italian, Carniolan, Russian, Saskatraz, local mutt, …), location, installed date. Status transitions (active / queenless / absconded / overwintered) coming next.

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Queen tracking

Each queen: source, install date, marker color, notes. Installing a new queen auto-retires the current active queen (no more orphan records). Full timeline per hive.

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Inspection logs

Per-visit: temp, weather, frames drawn, brood pattern, queen-seen checkbox, varroa count, free-form observations. Builds a real timeline so you can answer "when did we last see eggs?"

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AI frame reader

Upload a photo of a pulled frame. Claude classifies frame type (brood / honey / pollen / mixed / empty), grades brood pattern, estimates comb coverage by percent, flags mite signs, and suggests a next step.

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Single-password auth

Built on dangercorn-saas-template. One password to protect your yard's records; Stripe wiring is ready for when you want to let club members or co-ops subscribe.

Runs anywhere

Flask + SQLite. One python app.py and you're up. Bring your own Anthropic key for the AI frame reader; everything else works offline.

Quickstart

# clone and install git clone https://github.com/Dangercorn-Enterprises/honeybees.git cd honeybees pip install -r requirements.txt # configure cp .env.example .env echo "AUTH_PASSWORD=pickyourown" >> .env echo "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-..." >> .env # optional # run python app.py # → http://localhost:<auto-assigned-port>

Pricing

Self-host
$0/forever
  • Clone from GitHub
  • Run on any laptop or VPS
  • Your data stays yours
  • All core features
  • AI features (BYOK)
Get the source
Club / Co-op
$99/mo
  • Everything in Pro
  • Multi-beekeeper accounts
  • Shared yard / treeroom
  • Inspection calendar
  • Priority support
Contact sales

Hosted plans are early-access. Self-host today; email tim@dangercorn.net to join the waitlist.

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