Is it worth it to raise your own chickens for eggs? and have a small farm?

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A beehive is an enclosed structure in which some honey bee species of the genus Apis live and raise their young. Natural beehives (typically referred to simply as "nests") are naturally-occurring structures occupied by honey bee colonies, while domesticated honey bees live in man-made beehives, often in an apiary. These man-made structures are typically referred to as "beehives". Only species of the subgenus Apis live in hives, but only the western honey bee (Apis mellifera) and the eastern honey bee (Apis cerana) are domesticated by humans..

The beehive‘s internal structure is a densely packed matrix of hexagonal cells made of beeswax, called a honeycomb. The bees use the cells to store food (honey and pollen), and to house the "brood" (eggs, larvae, and pupae).

Photo: Clay tiles were the customary homes of domesticated bees in the eastern end of the Mediterranean.
Long cylinders of baked clay were used in ancient Egypt, the Middle East and to some extent in Greece, Italy and Malta. They sometimes were used singly, but more often stacked in rows to provide some shade, at least for those not on top. Keepers would smoke one end to drive the bees to the other end while they harvested honey.

Photo: skep In northern and western Europe, baskets made of coils of grass or straw, called skeps, were used.
In its simplest form, there is a single entrance at the bottom of the skep.

Photo: Modern commercial hives The brood box is picked up using small hand holds cut into the external wall of the hive.
There are two basic types of modern or movable hive in common use, the "Langstroth hive" (including all the size variants) which has enclosed frames to hold the comb and the top-bar or Kenya-hives which, as the name implies, have only a top-bar to support the comb. These hives are typified by removable frames which allow the apiarist to inspect for diseases and parasites. Movable frames also allow a beekeeper to more easily split the hive to make new colonies.

Photo: Langstroth Frames with beeswax honeycomb formed by the bees. Langstroth frames are thin rectangular structures made of wood or plastic and which have a wax or plastic foundation on which the bees draw out the comb. The frames hold the beeswax honeycomb formed by the bees. Ten frames side-to-side will fill the hive body and leave the right amount of bee space between each frame and between the end frames and the hive body.
They are often reinforced with wire, making it possible to extract honey in centrifuges to spin the honey out of the comb. As a result, the empty frames and comb can be returned to the beehive for use in the next season. Since it is estimated that bees require as much food to make one kilogram of beeswax as they do to make eight kilograms of honey, the ability to reuse comb can significantly increase honey production. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beehive

Photo: Wooden hives in Stripeikiai in Lithuania

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Question by Shuggah Pie Sweets: Is it worth it to raise your own chickens for eggs? and have a small farm?
I’d only want a small honey bee farm, some chickens and vegetable garden.
And that’s it.
Maybe a lamb or two to help mow the lawn
I would truely definately be doing it mostly for L O V E. as I adore all animals, and always loved gardening
i am very saddened however by this news abt bee colonies.

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