Thank, everybody. I cant wait to get started with my first colony. Have ordered all my equipment, some here and there. Everything needs to be put together. I have found a few places, all within an hour or so from me, that sell the bees themselves. Really want to do the comb honey, and have the Ross Rounds all set up. Not looking foward to getting stung, though... ;)
Yeah, I love my taxidermy. Not too many of us, women in Claifornia who like to "play" with dead things... guess thats why I am still single. :-D I just won several awards at my state taxidermy show two weeks ago, and may travel to Oregon to show in their state competition.
I also raise lots of animals, horses, exotic pheasants, quail, and even fallow deer. Bees will fit right in there....