A free service for UK farmers

The spray book that fills itself in.

Log every spray in 20 seconds by WhatsApp — no app, no paperwork.
CropSpray keeps your records inspection-ready all season, and warns local beekeepers while it’s at it. The record-keeping you have to do anyway; the bee protection for free.

Try it on WhatsApp → How it works
cropspray.farm — in association with HiveKeeper apiary management
20seconds

To log a spray & its record

One message in WhatsApp. The first time you name a field, a tap on the map. After that, five seconds — and the record is made.

5kilometres

Alert radius

Every beekeeper with an apiary within 5km of your field gets the message in seconds — product, location, timing.

£0forever

For everyone

Free for farmers. Free for beekeepers. Not a trial. Not freemium. A public-good utility for UK agriculture.

How it works

One message. Done.

cropspray.farm is a conversation, not a form. Send a WhatsApp from the cab — the bot does the rest.

01

You send a message

“Spraying Decis on Top Field tomorrow at 6am.” That’s the whole submission. The bot understands the product, the field name, and the timing.

02

The field gets mapped (once)

First time you name a field, one tap drops a pin. After that, the bot remembers it. Future sprays on the same field take five seconds.

03

Beekeepers within 5km know

Anyone with an apiary inside the alert radius gets a WhatsApp message in seconds: what’s being sprayed, where, and when. They can move their hives or close them up.

A real conversation

This is what 20 seconds looks like.

No app to download. No account. No login. You message a number; the bot does the rest.

From the cab. Mid-morning. Sprayer running.

A farmer types one line, drops a pin once for a new field, and gets back to work. By the time the boom is moving, every beekeeper within five kilometres has been told.

The bot remembers products, fields, and farm teams between messages. The second time the same field is sprayed, the whole exchange is two messages.

→ First time you log a product, the bot offers to read its label from a photo — so the active ingredient and MAPP number are on your records too.

cropspray.farm
online · typically replies in 2s
Hi 07:41 ✓✓
👋 I’m CropSpray. Tell me about a spray and I’ll warn nearby beekeepers and log it for your records — e.g. “Spraying Decis on Top Field tomorrow 6am”. 07:41
Spraying Decis on Top Field tomorrow 6am 07:42 ✓✓
I don’t know where Top Field is yet.
📍 Tap to drop the pin
07:42
First time you’ve logged Decis. Want to snap the label so your records have the active ingredient & MAPP number? Reply YES or NO. 07:42
Yes 07:43 ✓✓
📸 Great — snap a clear photo of the front of the Decis label and send it here. 07:43
📷 Photo of Decis label
07:43 ✓✓
✅ Saved the Decis label — active ingredient & MAPP number are on your records.

✅ Logged. 4 beekeepers within 5 miles notified (nearest 0.8 miles NE). This spray is now on your records. 07:43
What you get

Built for both sides of the fence.

Farmers get a tool that respects their time. Beekeepers get the warning they need to protect their colonies. Nobody pays.

For farmers

The fastest way to do the right thing.

  • No app, no form.WhatsApp. Whatever’s already in your hand.
  • Twenty seconds, not two minutes.First spray on a new field is one tap on a map. Every spray after that is one message.
  • Farm teams.Add your contractors and workers. Assign a spray and they get the job on WhatsApp to accept — you set the field, and nearby beekeepers are warned automatically.
  • Product labels, read for you.Snap a photo of a new product’s label and the bot reads off the active ingredient and MAPP number for your records.
  • Your legal spray record, kept for you.Built around the HSE three-year record-keeping standard, and shaped for Red Tractor and farm-assurance audits. Inspection-ready, all season.
For beekeepers

The alert you actually want, in time to act.

  • Free WhatsApp alerts.Register your apiary in WhatsApp — no app, no account. Already a HiveKeeper user? Your apiaries are covered automatically.
  • You choose the distance.Set how close a spray has to be before we tell you — anywhere up to 5km of your hives.
  • Product, distance, timing.Every alert tells you what’s being sprayed, how far away and which direction, and when. Enough to make a real decision.
  • One heads-up, in good time.You’re warned as soon as the spray is planned — not pinged repeatedly.
  • Your location stays private.Farmers never see where your hives are, and we never sell your data. Reply STOP any time to switch alerts off.

“Frictionless, high-adoption voluntary notification is what protects the voluntary stewardship model. cropspray.farm exists to make voluntary the easy option.”

In association with HiveKeeper — the UK beekeeping app
Beta · try it now

It’s live. Have a go.

cropspray.farm is in open beta. Farmer or beekeeper, you can be set up inside a minute — no app, no account.

Message the number below on WhatsApp and say “Hi”, and it’ll walk you through. Farmers tell it about a spray; beekeepers reply BEES to register their hives.

Open in WhatsApp →
  1. Open WhatsApp on your phone. Any phone, any plan. No app downloads, no account.
  2. Message +44 7576 555536. Save it as a contact, or just tap “Open in WhatsApp” above.
  3. Tell it about a spray. “Spraying Decis on Top Field tomorrow 6am” logs a spray and warns nearby beekeepers. Or just say “Hi”.
  4. Working with a team? “add Dave 07700900123” adds a farm hand — then assign them a spray, they accept on WhatsApp, and you set the field so nearby beekeepers are warned.
For beekeepers

Get a heads-up before they spray.

Register your apiary in WhatsApp and you’ll get a message whenever a spray is planned near your hives — what, how far, which direction, and when.

Already use HiveKeeper? Your apiaries are covered automatically — nothing to do.

Register on WhatsApp →
  1. Message +44 7576 555536 and reply BEES. Any phone, no app, no account.
  2. Share where your apiary is. Tap to drop a pin, or just reply with the nearest postcode.
  3. Pick your alert distance. How close a spray has to be before we tell you — 1 to 5km.
  4. Confirm, and you’re done. Reply YES to switch alerts on. Got hives elsewhere? Reply ADD for another apiary. Reply STOP any time to switch off.