Hive Telemetry!

We're going high tech this year!

I got a hive scale for Christmas. We had to wait for a thaw to put it on.

The scale sits underneath the hive and measures weight and temperature every 15 minutes. It has Bluetooth to send the data to my phone. I just push a button on the monitor and it downloads the data onto an app on my phone.

The green is the temp and orange is the weight. I can track how much weight it loses over the next couple of months as they go through the honey stores and raise brood. And then when the honey flow starts, I can watch the weight go up and know when to super (if all goes well!). 

I can't wait to see what the data looks like over the next few weeks.