>>>   I figure a medium super is enough honey to get them through the winter.  (Southeast Missouri)

I know within a few pounds how much each hive has in stores.  I got the bright idea to construct a portable hive scale.  I constructed an A-frame with a long arm.  I used a deer scale on it to lift and weigh  each hive.  I had weighed empty hives with drawn comb in the frames to get an empty weight to subtract from the weighed hives.  I had empty weights for all the hive configurations I had in my yard.  I figure at most I would have no more than six pounds of bees in the hives.  I think I have a pretty good idea of how much each hive has in the way of winter stores.  Now I would like a good idea of what they should have in the way of winter stores to get through the mild winter here.

Mike in LA



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