Thank you. I don't have any expectations of how much honey will be produced or how much money we might make selling the excess, but any extra income is nice to have. But I am planting a few flowering shrubs, trees and lavender to give the bees something to work on in the coming years, and planting flowers (sunflowers, mainly) to hopefully give them something this summer. I figure it's an investment in keeping them alive and productive.ScorpionHunter,
Even though only your wife likes honey, I seriously doubt if you will have any difficulty SELLING all of the honey that she doesn't want to keep for eating/cooking.
(Even the honey sold from 2 good hives makes a "profitable hobby". The honey from 5 hives would be a "profitable sideline" for your household.)
BEST WISHES on your new endeavor.
yours, satx