Bee keeping is about raising bugs that face a torrent of viruses, parasitic mites, and beetles. Along with fighting starvation, cold, and damp, you also have to worry about semi-random genetics, queen death, and swarming, to say nothing of fungus and bacteria.
Honey is merely an incidental benefit, and is not guaranteed, especially in Year One. If you think $2 eggs from your backyard chickens is expensive, the cost of your first 10 pounds of honey will make you weep. The good news is I am not in it for the honey, but for the hive.
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