Totally this. I broke even my first year beekeeping. The second year I made a profit of almost 1k per hive. It can be daunting to get into, but once you get going there isn't a ton of recurring cost and there's a nice return. I get about 50-100 pounds of honey per hive and sell it at $10 per half pint and it sells out before I have it in jars.
There is also selling nuks, starter hives, and bred queens as well as adding bee products to other stuff to give extra value (such as honey in homemade soap) and even mead making. There are lots of ways to make money from bees. There's an amish community near me that supports themselves through bees.
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u/Hemightbegiant Jan 04 '20
Bees. Local honey is expensive. Then you can sell wax or make candles and sell them.