Thanks for the replies! I got hooked on beekeeping while taking a course in college. Lived in a rural area with wide open spaces and dove head first into a half dozen hives. truly enjoyed it. Moved on to graduate education, a couple of moves to big cities and lack of time kept me away, but I'd never lost interest. Wanted to start up again a few years ago but electively stayed away over the impression of the risk of parasite and hives disease that didn't seem to be such a factor 30 years ago.
I plan to start with a couple 8 frame hives, a nuc or two and see if I still enjoy it as much as I used too. Don't know if its practical, but thinking about concentrating on mostly comb honey. KNow of any good sources to read up comb honey production? Thanks!