Someone just told me today that in Sue Hubbell's book she says the most she ever knew about beekeeping was in her first year. After that she realized every year she knows less and less.
I think this spring I went from the peak of the "I got this" to firmly into the "there is more to this than I thought" phase of the Dunning Kruger effect chart. Nothing like the bees to do things you totally don't expect to throw all that book knowledge right out the window. Nothing can compare to experience in a lot of ways. I'm just hoping things work out for my apiary and I can move on with some new lessons and do better in the future.

I think this spring I went from the peak of the "I got this" to firmly into the "there is more to this than I thought" phase of the Dunning Kruger effect chart. Nothing like the bees to do things you totally don't expect to throw all that book knowledge right out the window. Nothing can compare to experience in a lot of ways. I'm just hoping things work out for my apiary and I can move on with some new lessons and do better in the future.