Brian, my comment to you, just like Greg's, is to get two colonies, not just one. This is a good thing, a couple of reasons are:
If one colony becomes queenless, for whatever the reason and this can happen, you can give that colony brood from the other colony and they can raise a new queen
You can have a comparison colony to see how each one is doing
It is more interesting to watch two colonies (smiling, this is a wonderful thought)
If a colony is much weaker than the other one you can switch the hive locations and get a stronger colony
You can give extra frames of brood to a weaker colony (we should always strive to have equally strong colonies, prevents things like robbing, and so on) There are many other reasons, too, these ones just come to the top of my head
So, think about getting two colonies, if you can afford it. Have a wonderful day, your gonna love to keep bees, you got the fever!!! Cindi