Bob, welcome to our forum, you know already that this is a wonderful place to be, to spend great and quality time. Lean on us for questions that you would like answered, there are many people here that have years and years of beekeeping experience, and others that are very new, and some that don't even have their bees yet. All questions are good questions, and they will get the answers that you need. If your question is not answered fully, ask it again.
Tell us of experiences that you would like to share, we love to hear stories and we love to tell stories too (especially me, hee, hee).
Good luck with the bees this year, I hope that you can find ways to not lose colonies to mites. Welcome and have that wonderful and awesome day, Cindi