I recently heard of a new type of beehive that should change the way beekeeping is done, and create lots of new beekeepers.
And wouldn't it attract more amateurs who might not have kept bees?
(and won't the price come down?)
I do not see how this would be so much more beneficial to bees, you would still have to perform inspection. Harvesting the honey is, IMO, not that disturbing to bees and replacing wax combs with plastic? Yeesh!
Maybe someone more in the know can comment on this, but this just looks very bad to me.