It use to make me nervous too. A good suit of protection goes a long way to suppress the nerves. I tried the no protection method. One time I got stung at least 50 times in one session.

I had bees in my butt crack.

Oddly enough, I'm proud to be one of the few fools who can say that!

No more, I'm over that. Now I have a nice jacket with a built in Vail, good gloves and thick pants. No more bluejeans with holes in them.

I don't worry anymore about getting stung. I still do, you just have to do some bee work without gloves.
I'm trying to raise Queens and for some of that you can't use gloves.