Thanks Gavin, Rothiemay is the other side of Huntly but not that far away, is Les on this forum or can you pass my contact details to him? I spotted Hoomin Erra and Rhynie Beekeeper and sent them PMs.
I started a thread about my zest hive in the alternative section, interesting reading some of the TBH stuff as there are similarities but the zest isn't traditional or TBH, although the bees seem ok with it.