You can still get those from. Clean up points.
Toss all those iron whatever bows you have. Or candy canes.
I thank you for that information, but I'm still in the market for one or more beehives. I checked the Clean Up Officer and saw that the beehive is available if you have sufficient clean up points. Unfortunately, my playstyle doesn't garner many clean up points (my main character is a cook/alchemist and I avoid monsters and dungeons like the plague. At the rate I gather clean up points, I
might be able to collect a beehive in another year or so.
So.... I'm still hoping to be able to buy a beehive or two.