Hello Apiarisnt,
running things on a rasp is always fun and easy but you can never go deeper into the architecture as you are limited by the embedded framework.
Things like power save, remote fw updates, modular approach, price, etc will always restrict you and your choices.
Don't take me wrong, you showed me a really nice project and the load cells seem "smart" but if you ever try to industrialize something like that you'll be walking into a nightmare.
Nevertheless, I've already gave up on the BeetheUino project. Bees are really efficient animals and there isn't much we can monitor/(do) to help them. They are far smarter than us.
The amount of technology is still too expensive to deploy in all beehives of interes and the average beekeeper is not willing to spend that money... unless he is a tek geek.
keep up with the good work