I think I pretty much covered it all this spring. I took my 4 wintered hives and made them into 7 Nucs for sale, 4 Nucs that I kept and 2 full size colonies. So basically I made 4 into 13. Along the way I raised 10 new queens, had a swarm (and caught them), ended up with 2 queenless Nucs and one drone laying one, relocated all my bees to an outyard, built new boxes, frames, bottom boards, outer covers, inner covers, escape boards, hive stands etc...
Like I said, it's been madness. On top of that I'm about to move 300 miles and start a new business.
Financially it's been kind of a wash. I sold $1250 in bees and spent $1200 on an extractor and solar electric fence. In other words, I worked a month of evenings and weekends and have nothing to show for it in my wallet. Good thing I love this hobby!
