beehive scale

[tbelo]

Why bother constructing your own sms beehive scale and not just buy a reliable and cheap one like the one from <link removed> from only 210 euros ?

[Acebird]

Because it is 210 euros and even more to get it here.

[tbelo]

Why don't you ask the freight costs to your region

[BeeMaster2]

Some where in the article, they say they only ship to certain European countries.
Jim

[chorrylan]

Broodminder.com scales are us$149 .. thats about 140 euros i think, plus shipping. They ship to aus so anywhere else should be easy :-)

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[tbelo]

Transfer costs to US is 30 euro.

[Jeff L.]

Well that is about $233 US + the $32 to ship, I don't know if I consider that cheap.
If you haul enough 50 lb grain bags and some 75 lb hay bales you get a real good feel for how much something weighs.

[Acebird]

Not for nothing but you can weigh your hives with a 5 dollar bathroom scale from Walmart and a two by four.

http://i697.photobucket.com/albums/vv333/acebird1/Inspection%202011/Weighinghive001.jpg

[chorrylan]

The point of wifi or Bluetooth connected scales are not just to weigh the hive but weight it at regular intervals like every hour and report that info to you.

I presume the point of sms scales is that you can get reports from a remotely located hive so use that info when scheduling and planning your hive visit.

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[BeeMaster2]

Lewis,
Welcome to Beemaster.
Jim Altmiller

[paus]

I have a 90 degree arm, with a hand winch, on my golf cart that I use to lift Deer and hogs but it makes a perfect "weigh" to weigh hives.  I use a heavy ratchet strap around the complete hive, and just hook the scale on the lift arm into the strap that is around the hives. The $35 scale from Amazon, good for 750 pounds, hangs on the winch hook.  If I positioned the cart right the hive is hardly moved while I weigh