Welcome! I know that the location hopelessly lost is terminally cute, but it makes it really hard for people to advise you what to do! Beekeeping is local and I have no business advising someone from Florida on most issues. Conversely, someone from the far south has not much to offer me concerning many of my issues. If you are far south, it is indeed too late this year to do much but learn to feed bees and learn what a robbed out hive looks like. If you are in Maine or Vermont or Ontario, iit may not be too late to keep bees this year, but it probably is. I plan on starting colonies in a few weeks for the soul purpose of wintering them over. but hopelessly lost as you are, start reading old posts from the beginning of the year and follow activities thru the season. You can learn a lot that way. Learn to listen when Michael Bush or Danno or bluebee or bjornbee and many others talk about subjects. Tend to take with a grain of salt any post beginning with "I am new too" or "My mentor says". A lot of fun to be had here. Vance