>>1281102>propolisto get enough to make it worthwhile, you need bees bred for producing more propolis. most are bred for producing less, as they use the propolis to glue the hive parts together, making any work on it harder.
>pollenThe bees need pollen to raise the brood. Harvesting that pollen harms the hive unless they have a large storage already.
>royal jellyto get royal jelly, you need queen larvae, and lots of them. to get them, you need hives without a queen (hives ready to swarm would in theory work as well). Those hives are very likely to die.
>waxUnless you're willing to harm your hives, you'll need to put most of the clean wax back into them, removing only the dirty wax used for breeding. While that wax is still good enough for cheap candles or wax polish, there's hardly an market for it. If you want to make money with wax, you need to sell white (virgin) wax for use in cosmetics, but you'll only get about 40-100 grams per hive and year, since most of it goes back in.
>apitoxinWhile I don't know details on this, I assume you'd need specialized gear to extract the toxin.
To sum it up, all these options are not something one can do without investing much time and money.
dividing hives is a good way to make money though.
>You must be organized, have a good perception of what is happening in your hive, the environment around you.Even if you hadn't said that you're not a beekeeper, this would've given you away. Sure, you can spend hours watching the bees flight and calculating the amount of nectar per flower, but hardly anybody does that. For most beekeepers, it's just a bit of advertisement to make local honey more appealing.
All you really need to do is check once a week for swarm cells during spring and divide the hives that have them, harvest honey, treat for varroa twice a year and feed the bees during autumn.
That way, you'll end up with less than two days per year and hive and make about 300€ per hive, not counting new hives you might sell.
