New Beekeeper Hive Move

I received two complete hives and lots of equipment from a wonderful lady who goes by the call name Queenbee45 here in the Birmingham Alabama area. I went to move the hives to my apiary around the first of November 2009 and when I got there it had been raining and it was too wet so I made arrangements to come back and remove the honey supers from each hive before I moved the hives themselves. I went by after work at around 3pm, mistake #1. I lit my smoker,suited up and headed for the hives. I cracked open the first hive, the weaker looking of the 2 and all went fairly well. I took my time and gained lots of confidence,mistkae #2. I cracked open the stronger hive and started smoking the bees on the top bars,they were turning white as I did this,I thought this was weird but continued on. I decided to speed things up with all of my new found confidence so I broke all the frames loose and began pulling frames a sweeping the bees off into the air,mistake #4. I was smoking the bees and turning them whiter and whiter and was about to put the inner cover on when I discovered a liitle visiter inside my veil. I freaked and squished it on my nose without thinking first, it stung me which as WE all know sets off the sting phermone and so bees being bees began to sting me around the neck area where they were hanging out. I thought that they were all inside my veil so I started running and swatting and stipping off my veil and gloves and jacket. I wish someone had videoed it now. Going back to the hives to get my smoker I was popped again. I puffed the smoker to try to calm them but the smoker was out. I opened the smoker to relight it and there was nothing in the smoker at all. I had been blowing ash all over the bees turning them white,mistake#3. I refilled the smoker and relite it put the inner cover on closed the hive and got the heck out of there with some valuable lessons learned (and some wonderful tasting honey). I escaped with about 17-20 stings not so bad considering the goofs I made