Torqued. First off, welcome to our forum!!! Isn't it great to have a place to tell your story about your hiving your bees? When we have experiences that we want to share, it is wonderful to have a great audience that listens and cares. That be us. You have prepared well for your bees, excellent. You will have many questions, always ask your questions, you will get answers here, and never think that a question will be dumb, not deserving an answer. We all too were once beginning beekeepers, it takes years and years to understand the bees, and then they throw a fling into things and we start all over, hee, hee. So nice your family is interested too. Beautiful and wonderful day in this great life we all share. Cindi