tasslehof,
Welcome to the forum. I just got my first bees a little over a week ago and I'm loving it. This forum has a lot of good people willing to share their experience and is a great resource.
Based on my early experience, I'll advise you of something that most if not everyone on this forum will probably agree with....Beekeeping is addictive. It's one of those wonderfully challenging subjects, the more I learn, I feel like the less I know! :-D