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Not sure what APES is but typically AP Bio is taken AFTER taking Chemistry Honors. Many schools actually make Chemistry a prerequisite for AP Bio but I guess not in your case. Though it seems that you can grasps many subjects quickly, without really knowing you I cannot tell you how many hours you'll need to study for Chem Honors. I would say typically that if you are self-teaching, one hour a day is not enough.

Self-teaching happens a lot in college because some professors are great researchers but not great teachers. I've had a few foreign math & science professors who I had a hard time understanding, so it was up to me to learn the material. If your Chem teacher only test from the material he gives you like the textbook or handouts, then it's not so challenging to study on your own. But if the tests are way harder than the textbook, handouts and lecture notes, then it would be very difficult to do well in this class.