there will be an estate auction two doors down from where I now live,, the man retired and went to an assisted living facility.. he was a big time beekeeper and his cousin is in charge of whats left.. he had a piece of farmland outside of town where most of his hives were kept,, those went to the cousin I believe and there is enough remaining equipment and woodware left in the house to start 3 more hives,, this includes drawn comb , frames and pieces to build more frames,, most of the supers are medium and small. There are also helmets with nets, jackets and suits that I managed to see but not able to fluff through the boxes to see what all will actually be sold off.. The auction starts this Saturday at 8 am sharp.. I've told my extended family whom I am now living with and they are ok with me going down to see if I can purchase all the stuff to get started.. I just want to purchase and then store it here downstairs.. not start here inside city limits.. want my own place first. Before my husband decided he wanted a divorce I had 10 hives with tons of accessories to get started,,had to give it all away. This is my chance to start over. Wish me luck.. Will also be thinking of retrieving swarmed bees as well.. I've discussed alternative medicines with them and the honey could be my foot in the door to get their eyes open. We've even danced around what would happen if that lil fat NK idiot nuked us.. Keeps my fingers crossed,, will let ya know if I got any of it