Bee Scales and Importance of Weighing Beehives
Why do you need to care about the amount of honey that the bees have? Overwintering is by far that one extremely important reason. It is not possible for bees to go outside when the weather is cold so they just rely on their honey to stay warm and fed. Depending on the area where you live and the winter conditions that it gets, your bees require a specific quantity of honey stores for them to make it through winter.
Weighing the beehive in the fall will let you know about the honey supplies of your bees and if you …