> >     I guess my question is: Can a person just have a hive or two,
> >get a little honey, and keep his sanity without having to constantly
> >restock the hives?
 
I don't think so.
 
Twenty some years ago, I caught a couple of swarms and put them in some
borrowed brood chambers.
 
I am now in the middle of wrapping 1,500 hives of bees for winter.
 
BEEWARE!  :)
 
Allen Dick