Hello, I am a first year beekeeper and live in the center of Arkansas. I am fortunate to have neighbors/friends who are accomplished at this craft. Also very lucky they share their wealth of knowledge and bees including swarms, nucs and trapouts. I currently have four colonies with two of them having two deeps and the others just in one box right now. Received my first swarm April 21st and a nuc shortly thereafter. I have made several mistakes and am sure there will be more to follow but am having a blast. Where has this been all my life?