New to bee keeping and looking for help!

[lakeman]

Wow EVERY one here is great I thank every one and each of you for all of your info and idea's.
I am now building hives and am getting a grip in things. I am getting ready to do some beeking for this year and have the time of my life with it.
Its going to start out as a hobby but into a business I hope.
I was out selling honey and spices today and I had a costumer stop by and she said she would love for me to put hives onto her back 40 acre's.
Now just curious how many hive do you all sudjest to an acre?

The acerage is probably not 40 acres, as the term the back 40 is an old and widely used saying in the past. If you planted something away from the house, it was usually termed to be in the back 40.