Alfred, welcome to our forum. You are off to a good start. Take it slow, learn about the bees, watch the colony, read lots of forum posts, and as many books as you can, if you can, take some courses. Do not get too gung ho too fast. I mean, don't go and get many, many hives, until you feel that you can comfortably take care of a few. It is alot of work yet to come. Enjoyable work, but you should really get your hands totally wet before you take on too many hives. Take it slow and easy, just like you should when you work with your bees. Good luck, wishing you well, have a wonderful day, great life, enjoy your bees. Cindi