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How to delete an apiary or a hive

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You delete an apiary in Apiary settings and a hive in Hive settings. You cannot undo a delete in the app. When you delete an apiary, you also delete all its hives. The devices are released and you can add them to a different hive or apiary.

What you lose after you delete

  • A deleted apiary goes from the app together with all its hives.
  • A deleted hive goes from the app together with its tasks, notes, inspections and charts.
  • The Hub, VitalSensor, Scale and ColonyLink are released. To use them again, scan their QR code in a different apiary or a different hive.

How to delete an apiary

  1. Open the apiary.
  2. Tap the three-dot menu and select Settings.
  3. At the bottom of the Apiary settings screen, tap the red Delete apiary button.
  4. In the Delete apiary? window, tap Yes, delete. No, keep it cancels.

Only the owner can delete an apiary. In a shared apiary, there is no such button.

How to delete a hive

  1. Open the hive.
  2. Tap the three-dot menu and select Settings.
  3. Tap Delete hive.
  4. In the Delete hive? window, tap Yes, delete.

The owner or a person with full access can delete a hive.

Before you delete

  • The colony moved to another apiary? Do not delete the hive. Move it: see How to move a hive to another apiary. The history stays.
  • You want to put a device in a different hive? Do not delete the hive. Use Move or Disconnect on the device card in Hive settings, Devices section. The measurement history stays in the old hive.
  • The colony died? You can keep a hive without devices as a record of the history of this colony.

You cannot undo a delete. After you delete, you lose access to the apiary or the hive and to its data. Before you delete, make sure that you want to do it.

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