MO.Steve, don't feel bad, i am not that far behind yahs. Glad to share some with another NuBeek. See if you can find a good BeeK Group meetings and a mentor locally , this will help a lot. Also you are how far up in MO. There is a Good Fellow in Salem , AR that raises Organic Bees and sells Packages for this Summer Season. If you want more info just click on my "Handle in here ", and it will show Personal Message, send me one and i will send yahs the info.
If you are comfortable with computer use forgive me then ok, the fellow's name is Amish Myron and there is a thread in here you can search and see his phone # in the posts. Enjoy and Have Fun , this is a really good group of folks to ask questions and peer thru all the interesting Threads and Posts to collect info to help you get started. Best wishes, AJ and Denise