AZ-Hive 3 levels (Draft)
Rear-access cabinet hive installed in a bee house, built as three pull-out boxes/drawers serviced from the back. Typical setups: 2 brood levels + 1 honey level, or 1 brood + 2 honey with a queen excluder between brood and supers. Each level usually holds 10–12 fixed-spaced frames on runners; frames are removed horizontally like drawers, so there’s no lifting of heavy supers.
Strengths: warm, weather-sheltered management; excellent for stationary apiaries; fine-grained expansion (use 1–3 levels seasonally) with minimal lifting.
Trade-offs: requires a cabinet/bee house; less modular/compatible with common box systems; frame format may limit extractor/equipment choices; harder to move once installed.