Thank you all for the encouraging words on my articles.
Bit all of our hives are Langstroth hives so I don't know much about them. I did a search on Wikipedia and found this information that might help you decide.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T...
It does sound like the top bar hive would be much easier for a beginner and is perfect for cut comb honey.
You might also want to check out this link. It has good information for urban beekeepers and a link to guidelines for helping the city draft a bill to allow beekeeping.
http://www.thedailygreen.com/e...