How do you keep bees and make your own honey?

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Raising bees seems to be a national past time in Slovenia, and part of the fun is painting the hives. The honey is excellent.

Question by sally_dood: How do you keep bees and make your own honey?
I wanted to start doing this in the summer. Where can I get supplies to raise bees to make honey? I’ll need the box the live in and then where do I get the bees??

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