Interesting daily weight fluctuation graph

Brigsy · Jul 11, 2018

One can clearly see (when scrolling through the site) that the peak of weight for each day is around 1400 and evaporated down to the lowest around 0000-0200. The big drops are extractions. Taken from a Broodminder scale.

Finman · Jul 11, 2018

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There is no such weigh as 0000 , nor 0200. What does it mean?

Lbs or kg. I bet kg, derived from super extraction. Extracted 10 kg?... Or, but the weigh of empty super returned, 10 kg?

Hive consumes as a food about 500 g. It is not all evaporation.

On daily basis hive weigh is lowest when foragers go out in the morning.... Does it happen so...

The scale is better to read daily, when foraging is stopped and all bees are in.

But it seems to be nice scale. Typical 1 day curve or 3 d curve would be good to see too.

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Beecat · Jul 11, 2018

Finman said:
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There is no such weigh as 0000 , nor 0200. What does it mean?

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Those are times of day, not weights.

Finman · Jul 11, 2018

Beecat said:
Those are times of day, not weights.

Ok. What means a'clock 0000. Good to computer, but not used in human language.

Brigsy · Jul 11, 2018

What comes after 2359? Yes, kilos. And yes, one super extraction then returned same day.

sean-a · Jul 11, 2018

What are you using to weigh the hive?

Brigsy · Jul 11, 2018

Its a Broodminder scale.

beebopper · Jul 11, 2018

Interesting - shows what we would expect. Thanks for sharing.

If you post the 1 day tab view you may even keep Finnie happy.

Finman · Jul 11, 2018

Brigsy said:
What comes after 2359? .

24, at least we have. We express too that 12 at night.

Normal expression is 23:59

Finman · Jul 11, 2018

beebopper said:
Interesting - shows what we would expect. Thanks for sharing.

If you post the 1 day tab view you may even keep Finnie happy.

This forum is mere happiness from second to second
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Brigsy · Jul 11, 2018

Finman · Jul 11, 2018

Day curve

No theory explains what has happened in the picture, if you do not know local happening.

About 5 a'clock in the morning weight rises 2 kg. I bet that it is rain or heavy night dew, which goes into wooden parts.

At the end of day weigh is same as in early morning. No need to quess more.

Weigh moves inside 3 kg gap, and ends to same where it was 24 hours earlier.

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Finman · Jul 11, 2018

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We have national balance hive system. In winter hives are not protected from rain. One cannot read consumption of winter food, because water goes into wooden parts and dry up along time.

Research arrangements should be better. But when weighing is a hobby, everyone does it as he likes.

beebopper · Jul 11, 2018

Finman said:
Day curve

No theory explains what has happened in the picture, if you do not know local happening.

About 5 a'clock in the morning weight rises 2 kg. I bet that it is rain or heavy night dew, which goes into wooden parts.

At the end of day weigh is same as in early morning. No need to quess more.

Weigh moves inside 3 kg gap, and ends to same where it was 24 hours earlier.

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Yes I would say our major nectar flow is over in the south so weight not changing much.
No rain in south for weeks and weeks so not sure that is any explanation.

Brigsy · Jul 11, 2018

Poly hive, no rain for weeks.

Finman · Jul 11, 2018

Brigsy said:
Poly hive, no rain for weeks.

Strange 2 kg rise at night.

beebopper · Jul 11, 2018

Finman said:
Strange 2 kg rise at night.

Not really as gets light really early this time of year and it has been incredibly hot.

Finman · Jul 11, 2018

beebopper said:
Not really as gets light really early this time of year and it has been incredibly hot.

That may be the explantion. Otherwise it is impossible. But 2 kg in one hour... 20 kg in 10 hours.

beebopper · Jul 11, 2018

Finman said:
That may be the explantion. Otherwise it is impossible. But 2 kg in one hour... 20 kg in 10 hours.

I would have thought you would be disappointed with that!! :spy:

Does sound allot - I always take the absolute values with this type of equipment as being a little dubious but look at the trends.

Finman · Jul 11, 2018

beebopper said:
but look at the trends.

Yeah. 20 kg extracted from one month's foraging...

It depends on x - y axis scaling in graph, how beautiful the trend looks like.

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