Beekeeping and Bees

@beekeeping A family friend is a local farmer and he mentioned that his beekeeper has retired and wanted to know if I would be interested. I don't have enough hives to jump right in next year - I would need to capture a couple swarms and then probably make a couple of splits from my own apiary to have enough (he farms ~20 acres). This wouldn't be migratory work - more just managing colonies on his property.

Anyone doing this? What kinds of expectations are realistic starting from scratch?