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Re: weighing colonies
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Michael Palmer <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 1 Sep 2003 20:11:59 -0400
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>If you weigh one side of a colony tipping it with a spring scale, and it say
>weighed 70 lbs., how much would the whole hive weigh?
>Keith Malone


Tip the hive onto the scale all the way...all the weight. Balance  the hive
edge...on the scale. Let go for a second, and read the weight. Set the hive
back down, remove the scale.

Mike

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