It's cheap about eight hundred dollars and easy to install. In addition to producing delicious honey, our beehive is a real conversation starter. Recently, I quit my job of twenty years to become a full-time writer. I write at home, on a computer. I'm not using up any gasoline or motor oil, I'm not wearing out any clothing or shoes.
Windows are nice, but they either let in too much heat, or let out too much, or vice versa.
We've done fine. Many leading chiropractors say that sleeping on the floor, with no mattress or cushion, is the best way to sleep. At my wife's suggestion, I got out of the house and into the community to organize. Now I work with a diverse group of community activists and we meet four times a week at our house. Not just spray cans, but the refrigerator and the air conditioner.