Dude you should take up beekeeping. You would love it. Check out @craigcryptoking, you guys would get along well. I bet those old books would be a very valuable asset too. beekeeping really is easy, not a lot of time is required as you just put them in a box, this video was all of 45 min, and check on them now and then. Then when it is time for harvest you take the honey and replace it with empty frames to be filled back up. Harvest is a day of work if that. Friends make it go faster on harvest time. It is a lot like a garden, keep it healthy and watch it grow most of the time.