The University of California Davis has an ftp site that contains many of the
4-H emtomology project books. The beekeeping section is pretty good for
beginners. You will need to download the files and use your word processor
to read/print the files. The files are in Wordperfect format (.exe) that
are self extracting files and in post script (.ps) format. The files strart
with beginner and work up to a project year 8. I have found these to be of
great help. Also if you back up one directory (leave off the beekeeping/)
you will find other extension information.
Read the readme file first to get all the particulars.
Beekeeping:
ftp://ftp.ucdavis.edu/pub/extension/4h-youth/beekeeping/
Other extension information can be obtained at:
ftp://ftp.ucdavis.edu/pub/extension/
Give these locations a try for basic beekeeping information.