UPDATE 11-04-2019: Well, it’s been an exciting first season at raising bees. A day of learning every day!! While the main goal was to raise a healthy and abundant brood of bees, intention was not to prioritize honey production. Ended up with a very nice supply of honey, and four hives full of bees and a supply of food for them for the winter. We need all we con do to make it through winters in northeast (Door County) Wisconsin. We are now planning for at least 2 additional hives. I was stung only twice, with surprisingly only a mild reaction :)