>I am asking for advice on what kind of scale and where to obtain such
>a scale for weighing hives.  I would like to monitor one of my hives
>this spring and summer to better understand the timing of nectar
>flows.  I've phoned several distributor of scales in my area and the
>best they can come up with is an ~$1500 stainless steel contraption
>which seems absurd to me.  What I've read talks about "shop scales"
>but no place I call seems to know what these are.  I'm a novice hobby
>beekeeper with just 9 hives.  Thanks in advance for any advice.
>
>     -Allen G. Meek
>
>
>Allen G. Meek
>Department of Radiation Oncology
>University Hospital
>SUNY Stony Brook
>Stony Brook, NY  11794-7028
>
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>Fax: (516)689-8801
 
If you can find an old plateform scale at a second-hand store that would
probably be the best. There use to be colonies scale advertised in
Gleanings in Bee Culture, don't know how good they were but worth a try.
 
The other are other ways of weighing. Check with Davis University or other
universities they would probably have alternatives.
 
Ivan McGill
Prince George, B.C.