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Bee Informed Partnership
About This Site
The Bee Informed Partnership provides many important services to beekeepers, researchers, and the general public. This site is a platform for publishing useful tools that are open and free for all to use.
We also have a blog site where we frequently publish our research findings, important news, and fun beekeeping info.
Feel free to browse our awesome interactive tools below
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Colony Loss Map
Interactive map that displays nearly a decade of colony loss for each state as reported by the National Management Survey.
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Management Survey
Dive deep into all the metrics analyzed form the National Managment Survey.
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Hive Monitors
Public map of hundreds of hive monitoring devices with live weight, temperature, and humidity readings. Users with a BIP Ready hive monitoring device can use the live dashboard to explore and annotate their data.
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Sentinel Apiaries Map
Browse Sentinel Apiary sites collecting data on hive health to serve as an early warning system to conditions in surrounding areas.
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MiteCheck
Thousands have contributed already, be a citizen scientist and submit your mite levels on the open survey - no registration required. Use the interactive map to see what others in your area are reporting.
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Bee Your Best Survey
Wonder what the experts recommend for the best management practices? Take our anonymous survey and see how your practices score.
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Virus Map
Use the interactive map to view reported virus levels per state, select from over a dozen known viruses.
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APHIS State Reports
Review results from random samples of honey bee colonies. This data gives a broad picture of the health of US colonies from 2009 to present.