REGARDING RE>Hive scales Just a note on my experiences with scales. I bought a heavy duty hanging spring scale and attached a cleat to the back of the bottom boards of the hives. I lift the back of the hive and record the weight for tracking winter weight loss. It would be possible to do the same for weight gain during the honey flow, I suppose, if the scale and I were strong enough (neither is). This will, of course, not give the actual weight, but for my purpose the relative weights are good enough. The major problem I have here in the north with this sort of procedure is that the bottom boards often freeze to the ground. I need to take along a prybar and just hope my bottom boards are good and strong. Ted Fischer