Welsh mountain honey weighing device digital scale. Fast easy way to measure accurately all you’re hives weights flows supers etc. Take the guessing hive weight away. Keep track of honey flows very accurate for this tell within days of a flow stop or start. Keep track of winter weights without disturbing hive avoid starvation. Keep track of full supers and when to add more. No need for complicated expensive scales or straps etc. Takes seconds to measure a hive. Stainless steel powdercoated parts in yellow easy to spot in grass etc. Extendable telescopic bar for small or large hive ease of use. Multi function digital display with many features insructions included. Peak hold function memory function etc. Box for meter protection. Connect all the parts together securely. Turn on power and select weight on scale kg cm setting. Turn on peak hold function. Use hive tool to release the hive floor from stand if sticky. Simply mark the centre point of the beehive for reference and insert the yellow bar in the middle of mark under floor. Twist the bar and lift the whole hive slightly up half inch. Don’t tilt the hive to far no need and could tip the beehive. Take a note of the reading. Multiply the reading by 0.17 this will give you the weight in kg of hive. Getting a scale to work from. The weight on scale is a reference point not a hive weight. Simply weigh a hive after a split or a very small collony this will give you you’re minimum hive weight. Inspect a full hive with full stores ie winter ready and take a note of maximum weight. This will give you an accurate scale to work from and take the guessing away. Be aware different hive types and components will have different weights. Most hives and parts will be roughly the same within reason. If you’re unsure use a empty hive and test the different components, mark the parts with weights + or – for correction later. With supers simply weigh a full one with capped honey and add it to the full hive weight. Before you get close to the combined weight add a empty super on and continue the process. This will greatly reduce the risk of swarms by simply checking weight and adding a super if needed. National hive no roof. Wooden with mesh floor crown board. Winter ready weight on scale 250 kgcm. Half weight 150 kgcm. This item is in the category “Pet Supplies\Beekeeping”. The seller is “welshmountainhoney” and is located in this country: GB. This item can be shipped to United Kingdom.

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