you can buy new woodenware set up (2 deeps with 10 frames each, 2 honey supers with 10 frames each, screened bottom board and top) for around $200 iirc.

"3 lbs of bees + a queen" will cost you around $80.

you may need an extra empty deep and an inside feeder, and 50 lbs of sugar if you start soon.

Get the 'Beekeeping for Dummies" book.

overhead after these costs is low, in both cash and time.

i'm making killer mead, cysers and other fermentables from the 30-40lbs of honey i get.