Inspection Outlook, or Inspection Forecaster as it was known then, was actually really good.
What made it stand apart from other tools was the accuracy afforded by Open-Meteo. They use modelling and forecasting data from a wide variety of sources, with many combining and increasing the forecast accuracy right up until the actualised day.
However a daily forecast up to 16 days in advance was not enough for our purposes. We had to be mindful of both the bees and beekeepers, and this is where a decision was made.
Each day was split into four usable windows. Morning, Noon, Afternoon and Evening. This allowed a number of things really, chief amongst them was to prevent a bad period in the day dragging down the whole day, or a good period falsely implying all day was good. Splitting into windows is very useful when it comes to variable weather and trying to plan your day around your schedule and beekeeping.
This set the scene for how the tools would work in future. Forage identifies the best foraging window, Inspection ditto, and adhering to National Bee Unit guidelines.
