Beekeeping

You don't start with just a queen. She would starve. Queen bees are never alone.

Get a space set up in your back yard and get acquainted with some local beekeepers, because you will need their expertise and advice. Shit happens with beehives that's hard to describe and diagnose over a Chinese Cartoon forum.

In the spring, after the swarms come, there should be nuc boxes around for sale. These typically run around $100. This is the start of the hive. You're also going to need a suit, a smoker, frames, housing, probably a fence, etc.

>>1230066
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Also >>>/an/ has bee keepers as well. Your best local resource for second hand equipment, queens, bees, and advice will be the, "Beekeeper's Association" they are pretty much world wide, but may be unto themselves in whatever other country besides the US.

Any of you guys keep solitary bees? I tried leafcutters this year but I think they all flew away ;-;

>>1230066
You can start now locating and preparing food sources for them. If you have some space that you can plant prolific blooming plants like clover, that would be great.