Beekeeping Equipment for Beginners - What You Actually Need to Get Started
Before you get your first bees, you need stuff. Not a ton of stuff, but the right stuff.
Chapter 5 of Backyard Farming: Keeping Honey Bees by Kim Pezza (ISBN: 978-1-57826-453-7) walks through the basic equipment every beekeeper needs. And it is less than you probably expect.