Quest, if you are on Facebook, I recommend the group "Bees & Beeks." I started following them and reading their posts. Very good information and helpful members. It made me decide NOT to keep bees, actually. I counted the cost and the time, and knew it wasn't for me.
My cousin is a bee researcher in New Zealand and wrote a book on Manuka honey. He's been involved with bees since the late 1970s.