Hive Record Card

Hive Record Card

Guidance

The British Beekeepers Association (BBKA) has developed some guidance on honeybee colony record keeping.  This guidance helps explain how to complete the record cards.

PDF: BBKA-record-keeping

Record Cards To Download

PDF: Colony-Record-Card-v1.0

Excel version: Colony-Record-Card-v1.0

My Hive Records

I have been recording my hive records online, including photos and video of all the action:

Further Reading

You might be interested in further beekeeping how-to guides.

These how-to guides are provided for general interest and information only.  No liability is accepted for any injury or loss arising out of the contents of these pages.

3 thoughts on “Hive Record Card”

  1. Fantastic card and info sheet. Have printed several cards but only one instruction sheet which I have laminated to use for reference.
    Silly question; Is there a specific reason for 19 lines to record on?

    My comment; I have used various cards and always find more space for comments would be useful. Obviously using the next line down solves this. Perhaps I have too much to say..?

    Comparing to one type of sheet recommended on a bbka website where the grid is plonked in the middle of an A4 sheet with a lot of border wasted.Also my latest find, a BBKA hive recording system uses a whole A4 sheet which uses ink to colour the whole thing, it only has 15 lines to record on which covers half the sheet and the other half carries the instructions/notes, and this for every sheet. To me this is very wasteful.It is quite pretty though!

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