It takes 3 times more wooden ware your way to accomplish what everyone else is doing with one.
Not exactly. You have to buy TWO deep boxes, with deep frames. If you use mediums you have to buy THREE boxes, with medium frames. Deep frames cost more than medium frames etc, but you STILL come out a little behind when buying the extra ten frames, but not as far as you might think once you do the math.
YES, it is a wee bit more expencive, but if the extra ten or fifteen dollars is going to throw you off, then you probably shouldn't be considering a hobby that is so addictive that your about to go out and spend several hundred dollars, (Possibly thousands?) even if you don't know it yet.
Jen, I usually tell them to put the medium on the bottom, and put the two deeps on top. When NEXT spring arrives, pull that medium box out from under the deeps, because the bees should be in the top deep at that time.
Scott