> It might verify that you had the chip/tag/antenna in the hive,
> but would it verify that the queen was alive?

If these have a range of several feet, how does it differentiate between the
queen in every other hive in range?

Which leads on to trying to record data (like weight over the automated
scales Jerry mentions) against a specific tag.  How does it differentiate
between all the other tags in range?

Another example is if you are recording data on a hive like syrup fed, time
spent, treatments used (and perhaps trying to compare it to queen performance
for example), how do you know which hive the unit is picking up, and is this
the one you are working - and is it picking up the queen in this hive, or the
queen in the hive next to you?

I guess there must be an answer to this, because the checkout counter must
surely have the same problem.  Is the magazine being charged for the one in
the shopping trolley, or one of those on the stand next to the counter??

Regards,
Peter Bray
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