>  Do any situations exist for a hive that is in a remote area and not
>accessible at a good time for supers?

Maybe you should try to re-state that question. What are you asking?

About the ideal hive for bees: that is obvious. In Russia they had them for
centuries. The bees lived in hollow trees, twenty feet up. The beekeeper had
to climb up to get the honey. Ideal for bees, bad for beekeepers.

The modern hive is not that much different, really. It's tall and narrow,
like a hollow tree. But it can be expanded upwards, unlike a nest in a tree.
And it allows the beekeeper complete access, unlike a log hive.

Complete access is a double edged sword. Complete access to do good, or to
do harm. Depends on why you are there. I doubt a beekeeper will succeed for
long without taking care of the bees to a certain extent.

Herve

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