Hi Henry.
Kind of late to be getting any this season unless you have a line on an already established hive or else you will have to be feeding them a lot.
Here is a link to a forum where you can learn everything you ever wanted to know about Beekeeping its the HBT of Bees and Beeks. Beesource Beekeeping Forums
I have three hives at the moment 2 Hybrid Russian/Carniolans and a Swarm of Italians that hived themselves last month that I will be converting to R/C's next summer.