Bees - a profit - Costs and efforts in beekeeping - Beekeeping from a business perspective - Running beekeeping profitably. For many, beekeeping is a lovely hobby, while for others, it represents an additional source of income. By selling honey, propolis, beeswax, and other beekeeping products, one can certainly generate extra income or earn money from their hobby. However, the production of beekeeping products also incurs costs, whether it’s the acquisition of new colonies, the production or purchase of hives, setting up the beekeeping operation, etc. Caring for the bees and harvesting or producing honey, royal jelly, and other products naturally requires a certain amount of time. Through numerous calculation examples and sample calculations, beekeepers will learn which costs need to be considered for production.