Great information, thank you. I have a rough and rudimentary understanding of the processes surrounding the apiary process. I’d like to have some honey production, but I’ve always wanted to avoid having to take the frames out and disturb the hive to harvest the honey. I will do more reading about Barre and Longstroth hives. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction. We’re a legacy west coast family, Alabama was really nice, welcoming, and felt a lot like home, here in the Northern California grasslands, though I have rarely met people who were more polite than those there. There are a few knuckle-dragging mouth breathers here too! lol!