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You should do it. It's not hard, doesn't need to be a lot of work, is not dangerous and can be a lot of fun. The honey you get will be light years ahead of whatever you can buy.

I grew up on a farm and my dad kept hives. We learned how to do it by watching a guy he worked with who kept bees. It was that easy to pick up. We started out all paranoid about stings and with the usual protective gear. Within a year my dad was harvesting honey in nothing more than his usual heavy chore clothes, a helmet and gloves. After a while he ditched the helmet and gloves because they were more worth than they were worth. The key is to move slowly, go at the right time of day, etc.

Honey bees are not wasps. They are not yellow jackets. They are not hornets. They are not Africanized flying death misiles. They're quite docile and very, very useful.