Hi Dingus,
At the risk of telling you the obvious: Aberdeenshire has a beekeepers association (
http://http://www.aberdeenbeekeepers.com) and they run beginners' courses. Isn't Aberdeen nearer to you than Elgin?
If you're interested in top-bar hive beekeeping, Biobees will be running a course in Aberdeen. Details
here (near the bottom of the page). I have no experience of top-bar hives (or about the course) but, like others have said, I think once you have chosen a site for your TBH, you should preferably not move it again. I think the combs are more fragile than combs contained in frames.
Kitta
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