Since nobody else has mentioned this, Mike Palmer shows how you can get the actual weight of the hive by tipping it on a platform scale. See: http://s241.photobucket.com/user/frenchhill/media/weighinghives3.jpg.html *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html