So how hard to produce queens to attract other bees? Would producing a few queens and using them to catch the rest be easier than breeding whole hives from scratch?
Well you probably wouldn’t catch the rest. :) You can attract a swarm of bees but swarms almost always have queens within them. The best way to start beekeeping is to find someone going out of the business or start with a starter kit and buy the bees from a local person. Generally if you can get a local to give you some brood also it makes it easier.