What Is Needed
It is best to get a starter kit that includes all of the essentials of beekeeping.
Some of the main things to have on hand are:

bee suit

Components of a Bee Hive:

A typical hive arrangement would include a hive stand, bottom board, 1-2 hive bodies or 2-3 medium supers for the brood chamber, 1-3 honey supers, inner cover, and all topped with an outer cover.

1. Telescoping Top: Covered with Heavy Aluminum
2. Inner Cover: Provides insulation for heat and cold
3. Shallow (5-11/16") Super: Widely used as comb honey super
4. Medium (6-5/8") Super: Great honey storage and extracting super
5. Queen Excluder: Prevents queen from laying eggs in honey super
6. Hive Body: Used as the brood chamber for new eggs and rearing
7. Entrance Reducer: Cuts down the size of the entrance
8. Bottom Board: Provides ventilation and aids in mite fall
9. Hive Stand: Raises bottom board off ground and provides a landing board