Are you in the US?

Here in the UK I kept bees when I was younger. They are a lot of hard work if you want to get surplus honey. When the colony is increasing rapidly in the spring you need frequent interventions and manimpulations to prevent swarming - which is not easy as swarming is the natural process by which honeybee colonies reproduce. If they do swarm you lose half the colony, or more, and are unlikely to get surplus honey that year (depending on the time of year and nectar flow) and more likely to have to feed them sugar syrup to keep them alive through the winter. 

There are some useful YouTube channels worth looking at e.g. The Bee Whisperer.

Ok, game on. Let us now discuss the wider issue because - surprise, surprise, I disagree with you. I have some things to do - spent too long here as it is and the dogs are getting wildly impatient! However, I'll return at some point if anyone is still interested

Sure, bring it on. Try to keep on topic with one sacrament, Extreme Unction.

I'm considering beekeeping as a hobby (and a backup career in the face of the AIpocalypse for jobs).

Currently looking at some beginner/hobbyist courses, and to start with 1-2 top bar hives in the backyard if conditions (council, neighbours) permit.

Anyone here have experience with beekeeping? Any tips, guides for turning a small profit at the local farmers markets? 

Do you have an update?

More prayers coming your way.

Still looking for work.

If the form of the consecration was settled at Florence why did approved theologians after this time engage in a long/short form debate?