Superhoney, welcome to our forums. I loved your little story about your life. Moving from the city to a ranch, what a bonus!!!! And that you can remotely teach in an even bigger bonus, yes that is sweet.
You will be working very hard to learn as much as you can about the honeybees and how to take care of them, excellent. By the time that you get your bees next year, you will have an excellent handle on what is going on. Good.
Lurk around our forum, but you can bet your bottom dollar that you will be spending more time asking questions than lurking, hee, hee. Welcome, we love to hear stories about other things other than bees too, so anytime you want to tell us about your ranch, do that thing. Have that wonderful and beautiful day, lovin' our lives we live. Cindi