I got my start as follows:  Last year I had no particular interests in
bees, until I discovered a colony was living in the roof of my barn.  My
first instinct was get some wasp killer and get rid of them, but then I
started watching them.  I then got the idea of trying to capture them and
transfer them into a hive (they were fairly weasy to get at), but though
that didn't work (didn't spot the queen and the bees basically took off)
I learned how to handle them and what to expect, I got some honey and now
I was interested.  So over the winter I studied, I got another hive and
ordered two packages.
 
-Mike