There is plenty of free information available online on Beekeeping, however, the following is our recommended ABSOLUTELY MUST-HAVE reading list: The Bee-sentials: A Field Guide, by Lawrence Connor Swarm Essentials: Ecology, Management, Sustainability, by Stephen Repasky and Lawrence Connor Honeybee Democracy, by Thomas D. Seeley Honeybee Biology and Beekeeping, Revised Edition, by Lawrence Connor