John, welcome to our forum. You have found the place where you can spend wonderful time learning about the bees that I know one day you will keep. You are under their spell...the honeybees have a way of making us desire to look after them, and delve into their mysterious little world. You will enjoy beekeeping, the times that you will spend with these girls will be the most wholesome and wonderful times. Study, learn, and next spring, get the equipment you will need, order your bees, and you will be on an adventure that you will never regret, nor ever look back. Welcome. Have the most wonderful and greatest of days. Cindi