MadScientist, welcome to our forum (interesting handle by the way, you must be in the science field, hee, hee). This is THE place that you will get great advice, you will learn, if you only listen, and I know that you will do that very thing. Beekeeping is such a wonderful interest, you will become under that spell of the honeybee, just wait and see.
That is too bad about the chilled brood, we learn lessons in life so many times the hard way, I know for surely that I do. That is something that you won't repeat, you learned a hard lesson.
THis is the place where you can ask your questions, any questions, they will get great answers, you can tell your experiences and tales, we love to listen, life experiences are wonderful, you will find out how many love to read here. Welcome, again, have that most beautiful and wonderful day, love our lives we all live and share, Cindi