The Backyard Beekeeper by Kim Flottum

The Backyard Beekeeper - Revised and Updated: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Keeping Bees in Your Yard and Garden  is a grate book for beginner bee keepers.   This book picks up where Beekeeping For Dummies  leaves off.    This book assumes that you are a complete beginner and know absolutely nothing about bee keeping.  It takes you step by step though the seasons telling you what you should be doing and what you should look out for.   Definitely worth a read.