I have not kept bees myself, but have several acquaintances who do/have and my brother in law used to rent a truckload of hives to pollinate his strawberry and wild blueberry fields. (It is NOT fun being stopped in the middle of the night by the Dept of Transport Compliance Division who tell you your truck is overweight due to the ton of honey in the hives loaded on the back of your truck and you will have to park it until someone can come with another vehicle to transfer part or all of the load. In the meantime, it is getting near dawn and the bees are starting to get grumpy.)
Try here:
Honey Bees and Beekeeping
That page also has a set of plans for building hives and supers. Seems like a good starting place.
It is natural to be nervous when first working with bees, but when you are agitated like that, your body gives off pheromones so: maintain your cool! After being around them you'll probably get so wrapped up in what they're doing you'll forget to be nervous.
Keep smoke use to a minimum. Like any other animal, the less stress the better for good productivity.
Worst part is extraction. Everything is sticky and you might not be as enthralled when you see how many bee bits are floating in the honey before filtering.
Have fun.
Les