Hi guys, how is winter going?

Over here high temperatures not seen for the past decades. All dry, lots of
bush fires. Not much honey.30% of expectations  harvested (and sold) at the
present moment. We are in a sort of "waiting" mode, expecting the Ulmo to
bloom, but who knows ... weather turned wet and cold now.

This have giving me time for thinking on new gadgets and their real
usefullness.

I have always wanted to put a hive in a scale, but had never done so,
basically for three reason:

a.- I won't be constant enough for taking daily reading (less with a higher
frecuency)
b.- One hive is not statistically significant.
c.- How to interpret the data.

I am working on a.- and b.- by means of technology and money (replication of
that technology)

So I will like to work with you on c.-
How to use that "instantly gathered data of each hive in the world" for
taking managment desitions?

I have no idea what to expect. I haven't find any decent writing on the use
or more basic on description of actual hive weight data.

Anyone of you can direct me to some data or analisis of weight data?

Each time I start thinking on how to use this potential data, it come to my
mind the need of other data to be able to really interpret what is going on.

Lets figure out one posible weight reading : "No change of weight over
time". What is going on in the hive? Total Balance? What is coming in is the
same as what is going out? What is coming in and what is going out?

What else we need but weight? Temperature inside and outside the cluster?
Relative Humidity on which locations?

-- 
Juanse Barros J.
APIZUR S.A.
Carrera 695
Gorbea - CHILE
+56-45-271693
08-3613310
http://apiaraucania.blogspot.com/
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