thread:
Any insight you have on the difficulties would be much appreciated, I
haven't had much luck finding practical guidance thus far.

I thought about the German style, because obviously that is much easier to
build, but the tradeoff is not being able to pull any frame (Have to work
your way through), not being able to see crosscomb etc. as well without
pulling it apart.

reply:
the Slovenian hives are indoors, in dim light (strike one); if you put them outdoors they could be OK. Harbison used this type of hive in California, had hundreds of them back in the 1800s.

They usually only have two stories (strike two); you could make a three or four story one like in the German fashion but I don't know if it would support so much weight, could fall in on itself. 

The frames sit on bars instead of hanging (strike three); this is an OK idea in principle but I bet you roll a lot of bees doing it. The whole arrangement seems like such a nightmare to us who open hives from the top. 

On the other hand, the Eastern European style hive would be much more manageable, I suppose. I have some pictures of some actually taken in Syracuse NY. 

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