I am also a smaller scale commercial beek and cattle producer. Our yards look simmilar to per's without the communal drum feeder. We feed each hive separate.
Beekeeping is an amazing thing. If you would like more information check out beesource forums. A weath of information.
And as a side...
simillar to a song written by Aarron Jeffery..."He is". You can google it and listen to it on the web sitehttp://www.cmo.com/cmo/cmo/starsong/aj/aj.htm