Accidental beekeeper in Sussex

[jenkinsbrynmair]

only lift if a few millimetres off the floor, any further and your mind will play tricks with you.
Mine does anyway
And I won't mention the voices in my head

 

[pargyle]

Thank you for your explanation regarding number of fingers - makes sense
Luggage scales are on order as I like to be accurate.

A record of weight is a useful tool for overwintering. I have a couple of screw eyes on either side of my stands, hook the luggage scale over the eye, weigh both sides and add them together. After a year or two of hefting though you get to know what you should expect and just use the luggage scales for weighing your honey crop and then after a few more years you get to know what to expect by the number of buckets of honey you fill and the scales become redundant !

 

[Sutty]

With a rotting brood box and maybe super, I'd have a low threshold to leave the queen excluder in if it's very stuck in place.
Can you tell what sort it is? Eg see a wood plastic or metal layer between brood box and super?
Have a roll of duct tape and maybe some plasticine handy to patch up holes if needed.