Public testing is paused for now.

Melisa

Beekeeping journal for iPhone, iPad and Mac

The beekeeping journal I spent years looking for

Record a hive inspection right at the apiary – by voice or with a few taps. At home, see everything on your iPad.

Join the beta How it works

“For more than ten years I kept my hive notes on paper and looked for an app that could handle real beekeeping. I never found one – so Melisa was born.”

— beekeeper and author of the app

Melisa is Greek for “bee”.After the nymph Melissa who, legend has it, taught people to gather honey.

iPhone · iPad · Mac

Two views of one journal.

Record at the hive on iPhone. On iPad or Mac, the whole logbook fits on one screen – every hive and inspection, days side by side. It syncs on its own.

Every hive and inspection in a table – days side by side like a logbook.

iPhone Duo

Unfold it into an iPad.

Optimized for iPhone Duo. Folded, it is a pocket iPhone at the hive; unfolded, the full hive overview just like on iPad – with the menu along the right edge, the way Apple designed Duo.

Unfolded: every hive and inspection at once.

Get started

Recording within a minute of download.

No account, no complicated setup. Four steps and you are at the hive.

Download the app

A short guide walks you through the first launch.

Add apiaries and hives

Apiary name and number of hives – hive codes are created for you.

Or import what you have

Already keep digital notes? The app handles them.

Melisa – template.xlsx

Apiary	Hive	Queen	Year
Hájek	H01	marked	2025
Hájek	H02	unknown
Mlýnek	M01	marked	2024

📊 Excel templateDownload it in the app, fill in apiaries and hives and import it back.

💾 BackupFrom another device – just open it, nothing is duplicated.

Start recording

By voice or a few taps. Queen, brood, strength, feeding, treatment.

Inspection at the apiary

From planning at home to the last hive.

This is beekeeping with Melisa.

Know what awaits you.

Before you leave, open the apiary and see warnings, queen problems and tasks from last time. You know what to bring.

Tap and dictate.

At the hive, say the code and what you see. The app fills in the inspection. Sticky hands? No problem – dictate it after the inspection, on your way to the next hive. And you can edit or add to any record later, so nothing gets missed.

Or a few taps.

Queen, eggs, brood, strength, swarming, notes and a task for next time – all on one screen.

Treat, feed and harvest them all at once.

One record for the whole apiary or selected hives – treatment, feeding and honey harvest. Sugar is calculated for you. Or record it hive by hive.

∞apiaries and hives

2views – iPhone at the hive, iPad and Mac at home

0ads, accounts or tracking

In detail

What other apps are missing.

Features born from real beekeeping.

Full hive history

Inspections, treatments, varroa drop and feeding per season.

Queens in detail

Marked, year and colour, breeder queen, origin and replacements.

Combining hives

Put a weak colony on another – the history stays.

Journal

All records with filters by period, type and apiary.

Varroa drop

Count the boards for a whole apiary at once – with a chart for every hive.

Feeding, calculated

Pick a feeder and syrup ratio; the app works out the sugar and the season target.

Photos with records

Snap the varroa board or a frame and the photo stays with the inspection.

Built-in help

Everything explained right in the app, whenever you need it.

COMING SOON

Treatment and honeyTracks the withdrawal period – tells you when you may harvest again after a treatment, and reminds you to treat after the harvest.

No forgotten hiveBulk treatment shows the hives you left out and reminds you of them.

Treatment calendarA small overview of the season’s treatments – what is done and what is next.

Design

Clean. No clutter.

Melisa follows Apple’s general rules for touch devices as closely as it can – the same gestures, buttons and menus you know from iPhone and iPad. Only what matters on screen, nothing more.

Plus.

Everything you expect from a hive journal.

Unlimitedapiaries and hives

Your wayhive types, frame sizes, feeders, treatments, hive sensors and scales

Import & exportbackup, Excel logbook and a setup template

Your dataonly in your iCloud – no account, ads or tracking

EverywhereiPhone, iPad and Mac stay in sync

Photosof the apiary, boards and frames, dated automatically

Help us polish it.

Melisa is in testing with its first beekeepers. Public testing is paused for now.

Join the beta

Opens Apple’s TestFlight – free on the App Store.