> > 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