Maybe some of the beekeepers in this thread can help me understand this. I live in the PNW, I've got a garden that I love to tend, and I make sure that I've alw

Maybe some of the beekeepers in this thread can help me understand this. I live in the PNW, I've got a garden that I love to tend, and I make sure that I've always got something flowering. I've been really curious about maintaining a beehive for honey (and as an interesting project), but the amount of conflicting information online about raising bees in a suburban environment is unreal. Everything from, "You are doomed and also the honey will poison you because there's a rhododendron within 10 miles" to "Everyone should raise honeybees in their backyard! Totally maintenance free infinite honey!" A lot of the sites are super, for lack of a better term, "woo-woo". I wish there were more sites that focused on the mechanical elements, broke down the costs and what to expect, and really took you through the bootstrapping process. (Maybe these sites exist and I just haven't found them yet.)