>>2093604
Dummies was useful for me. A bit cringe worthy sometimes in how it tries to appeal to people but solid info. That being said the experience you are getting will trump any book

>>2093605
Yeah I guess I just wanted something to supplement it. I am surprised with how much I've learned though.

Maybe I'm trying to impress him or myself, who knows

I'm a beekeeper, but still pretty amateur. It seems to me like the only way to learn is to do it. People will tell you a million different ways to keep bees with minute differences, but a lot of it just comes down to chance. Bees are fickle and individual colonies will all vary in production depending on the area around them to forage, climate, presence of parasites/disease, etc. The only way to do consistently well at it is to have a lot of hives to work with. Huge commercial operations lose something like a third of all their bee a year but can then double their populations by splitting hives in the spring.

>>2093646
Well it's a bit harder to say "just do it" when it's something like the bees are making a swarm cell or queen cell or there is some disease going around. Not trying to sound like a jerk. It's just I find myself asking him the same questions about what is what in the hive and if I had some reference I could look at at home, it would help me remember it easier.

>>2093646
Also I know this will get me flogged but the beekeeping subreddit is full of helpful and experienced people.

>>2093652
I'll keep that in mind, thanks

>>2093650

I think maybe go buy some books that are a bit more technical.

Not "bees for dummies and beginners"