Record the cell result
Eligible cells are counted as N+, R, NR or NV while the brood is being inspected.
VSH / Harbo scoring
Measure mite reproduction, then select the hives that still perform.
A mite count tells you pressure. A Harbo assay tells you whether mite families are reproducing inside a hive's worker brood. BuzzTech keeps that result attached to the hive, queen source, treatment history, yield and survival record.
Why it belongs in the operating record
The assay is an inspection. The value is stock selection.
VSH should sit beside yield, queen source, treatment load and survival, not in a separate notebook. The field result only becomes useful when it can be compared with the rest of the hive's performance.
Attach it to the hive
The assay starts from a hive or inventory tag, so the result follows the colony record.
Compare the line
Queen source, sister hives, apiary context and season outcome stay visible.
Act on evidence
Keep, retest, breed from, requeen or cull based on resistance and production together.
At the hive
One guided flow, not another loose form.
The app should help the operator run the protocol in order: scan, confirm eligible brood, classify each valid cell, stop at the right time and record whether brood goes back to the hive.
1. Scan
Use the existing hive scan flow so identity is solved before the assay starts.
2. Confirm brood
Only eligible worker pupae count. Young, drone or unclear cells are skipped.
3. Classify
N+ for no mite. R, NR or NV when a foundress mite family is present.
4. Finish cleanly
Save score, brood-frame outcome, stop reason and the prompt for another hive.
Business view
Resistance only matters if it survives commercial selection.
The report should make the breeding decision plain: which hives suppress mite reproduction, still produce, survive pressure and belong to queen lines worth continuing?
Latest VSH score
Show score, sample size, stop reason and confidence context.
N / R / NR / NV
Keep the raw result visible so the score can be audited later.
Queen source
Group assay outcomes by line, breeder, graft batch or introduced queen source.
Yield
Compare resistance against honey return, production readiness and harvest history.
Treatment load
Show whether a hive performed with repeated intervention or low support.
Survival and state
Use wintering outcome, disease state and repeat problem history before selecting.
A useful VSH report is not a score leaderboard.
The score is one signal. Selection needs the whole hive story: production, queen source, treatment context, survival, state transitions and whether the assay had enough mite-positive cells to be meaningful.
| Record | Selection use |
|---|---|
| N+, R, NR, NV | Audit the assay result |
| VSH score | Compare suppression of mite reproduction |
| Queen source | Find lines worth continuing |
| Yield and state history | Keep resistance tied to commercial performance |
| Treatments and survival | Avoid overvaluing protected or weak colonies |
Related workflows
Build on the same record.
Start where it matters
Pick one workflow where better records will change the next decision.
BuzzTech starts narrow: varroa follow-up, VSH / Harbo scoring, offline field records, hive tags, ApiDash dashboards, ApiDrums inventory, ApiBlends planning, ApiPos retail stocktaking, RMP evidence, sensor exceptions or a weekly management report. Prove value, then connect the pieces into a durable operating system.
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