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