Another commercial beekeeper & I have observed the same, that the current
cost of used PDA's might offer an inexpensive computerized edge to keeping
track of our hives.  So we purchased a couple used "Ipaq 3835" a few months
back.

We've tossed the idea from spreadsheets back to memos back to spreadsheets
and can't seem to find a meaningful way to quickly/simply jot down
information of interest after visiting an out-apiary.  If you leave the PDA
in the truck & only type in the info for a few minutes before you leave then
it might be safe to use even the more expensive (but still used/good buys)
$100-$200 pda's.   I purchased one with a keyboard built-in (Tungsten C)
which comes in handy for typing out sentences, vs. the touchscreen most
people would say is time consuming.  Another cheap tool for apairy
organization would be any plain old leftover 386/486/586 notebook.

If anybody has a method/spreadsheet for typing in their apiary info, by all
means let us know.  So far, all 'we' have is just a growing list of things
we 'might' see at a beeyard to keep track of.  Most PDA's now have Excel
built into their ROM's so a simple spreadsheet might be the answer.  Anyone
already have one worked up & want to save us a few months of grief?  Much
appreciated if you do ...

Matthew Westall - EBees - Castle Rock, CO ---
(where the snow-melt and rain has this season off to a bang -but- today just
lost the apple and peach blossoms to freeze.... same could be said of willow
pollen last week which only lasted a day  before frost nipped the buds)

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>I wrote a program that works on the palm platform and it received
> interesting the results.   I found many people didn't want to take their

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