Welcome! It's amazing how much we don't know! I find answers here to questions I don't even have yet! You will love your bees. Lucky you, a heated garage! We don't even have lights in ours so can only go look for things in the daytime. You will be amazed at how you love your girls, we get very protective of em & watch, watch, watch! My hands wouldn't hold still wanting to get in there to see what what they are doing! They are beautiful insects & we (well I) don't even mind getting stung! OOOhhh, and wait till you get to taste your 1st honey from your own bees..OMGoodness, it's the best EVER! How far are you from Cindi? She was thinking of selling a few (not all)of her hives as she is moving, you know they are healthy & taken care of but I don't know if it is for sure decided yet. Would be a good way to start anyways. Build away, the days will start getting longer again now! YIPPEE!! J