>>2912302
read up on warré hives. they combine a more natural hive setup with better possibilities to do inspections and harvest. they also are very easy to DIY for low cost and you need a few hundred bugs at most to start a couple hives instead of thousands with a langstroth setup
>>2912327
ah yes yes, the commercial beekeepers trucking thousands of hives from one side of the continent to the other are not a problem. its the hobbyists that spread diseases