I have just been browsing the internet and have come across an intriguing hive – called a Top Bar Hive. It is much cheaper to build than a National or Langstroth and the keeping of these hives is probably much more similar to the methods that ancient beekeepers would have used. Honey is not extracted from frames but is pressed from natural comb. There is now also a reasonable amount of research into the natural size of cells – and how Top Bar Hives can create a home for a colony that is more like the bees would make in the wild. Here is a good diagram explaining more:

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