Colony strength estimator
Turn frames of bees and frames of brood into bees — how many adults you have, how many are on the way, and how the colony reads against the almond standard. Built on the Oregon State frame measurements.
Free calculators and tools
Five small tools for the bee yard and the road — the everyday math of running colonies, in the open. No sign-up, no charge, and nothing you type leaves your device: every figure is figured right here in your browser, and your numbers are kept on this device for when you come back.
Feed cost calculator
What a round of feeding actually costs: sugar to buy, syrup to mix, patties, and the cost per colony — for 1:1 and 2:1 syrup by weight.
Revenue per hive
Almond fees, honey, other sets, nucs and queens — gross revenue per colony and for the whole operation, seeded with the published 2025–26 figures.
Apiary site evaluation
Score a yard against the ten site factors the extension literature names — forage, water, sun, wind, drainage, spray exposure, access, flight paths, disturbance, neighbors.
Queen rearing planner
Pick a graft date and get the whole dated calendar — capping, moving ripe cells, emergence, mating flights, and the first egg check — built on the standard bee math.
Estimates, honestly labeled. Every tool shows the formula it uses and where the formula comes from. Where published sources disagree, the tool says so and uses the mainstream figure. Planning numbers — never a promise about your bees.
Looking for the road math? The corridor table now carries road miles and a fuel estimate for every leg of the three runs into the California almond bloom.