> I'm in beekeeping for the money, I'm just in the capitol investment
 > mostly growing phase and will be for the next 8 years or so till I
 > retire from my regular job.

BTW, I have to hand it to you, Don.  You are in the black.  I hope
things stay that way.  At a certain scale, the economics often change
and that is a topic we chew on sometimes.

Lately, I'm not.  I'm financing my hobby/business with savings, sorta
like Dee, but I am aware that the operation could not support itself
without my land, my labour, and my savings.

Of course they all came from successful, "conventional" beekeeping.

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