Answers to all such questions about proper techniques for weighing a hive are on the Broodminder web site. Here’s a link to the User Guid they’ve just put out:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4212478/BroodMinder-User-Guide-for-V2_40.pdf <https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4212478/BroodMinder-User-Guide-for-V2_40.pdf>

The appendix has extensive illustrations and math worked out to figure out exactly how to compute the full weight while weighing only half of a hive.

Przemek

> On Feb 22, 2017, at 11:32 AM, Rebekah Lee <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Question: is the weight reading actual weight or does lifting the hive on a pivot affect the reading? If reading is affected, is there formula for correction? Did I crawl into some remote gyrus in my brain?


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