Bee breading

Abba Bees said:

To be honest, most of the answers you got were typically British
You have made your mind up to be a bee farmer, go and do it.
I have the same plan I have for myself, I only have 2 hives, I stated with 1 and they swarmed, so I caught the swarm, popped them into the nuc that I originally got with the first lot, Bingo 2 hives, yes you will have problems along the way, but you will deal with them as they come along.
Go for it, if you plan it well, by rearing your own queen, breeding your own stock, or buy your queens in, it should cost a lot to get started, its only time you need, you can purchase hive for $40 plus frames and foundation.

Watch this video on Youtube, i found it inspirational
The Sustainable Apiary by Mike Palmer
I cannot post the url as I do not have enough post

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Davelin said:

If it were that simple you'd think we'd all be doing it, and be millionaires by now!!

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Abba Bees said:

Dave, it is simple, what is the difficult part???

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pargyle said:

I've avoided contributing to this thread so far ... strikes me the OP is clueless and heading for a disaster .. 'a fool and his money' comes to mind and there are enough threads on this forum with some excellent advice for beginner beekeepers to point any would be beekeeper in the right direction without any additional advice being proffered by me.

I just find it a bit disappointing that someone has the sole motivation, in keeping bees, as making money from them. I'm sure the vast majority of us on here would love to make a few quid from our efforts - indeed to break even would be nice - but it strikes me that most of us are in it for the bees and any positive financial aspects are something that follow with a bit of luck and after a lot of hard work.

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Finman said:

Go to work with some professional beekeepers and look, couple of years how it goes. You get only wrong advices from these back yard beekeepers.

But keep your wife in steady work if you are going to be a beekeeper.

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