While I appreciate your desire to LARP, we live in a modern world, sadly. Neighbors will raise a stink, depending how close you are to them.

You might try using a modern wooden hive first, and learn what you need to with that for a year or two, then experiment with the LARP one. You could try mix-matching designs and materials, and see what happens. Like, have a hole cut in the side of a wooden hive, and make the skep cover the hole, sticking out like a boob. That way, if there's a problem, the bees can stay in the wooden box area.

>Bees attacking you
If you're gentle with them and respectful, they shouldn't.