>>> I figure a medium super is enough honey to get them through the winter. (Southeast Missouri)
I know within a few pounds how much each hive has in stores. I got the bright idea to construct a portable hive scale. I constructed an A-frame with a long arm. I used a deer scale on it to lift and weigh each hive. I had weighed empty hives with drawn comb in the frames to get an empty weight to subtract from the weighed hives. I had empty weights for all the hive configurations I had in my yard. I figure at most I would have no more than six pounds of bees in the hives. I think I have a pretty good idea of how much each hive has in the way of winter stores. Now I would like a good idea of what they should have in the way of winter stores to get through the mild winter here.
Mike in LA
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