Hi All,
Newbee here. I was trolling the internet tonight and found this.
OOPS! I can't yet post links! Just do a search on the phrase, "build a scale to weigh bee hives", without the quotation marks and the first thing that pops up is this device at instructables dot com.
Apparently we should all kinda know how heavy our hives are in the fall. I'd been thinking of some kind of torque wrench and lever system, but this could be promising. I'm not yet experienced in the "akinbac" method of determination. :-D
Salvo