Dear Tom - >Then I got to thinking - why not cut out a section of the veil and sew in or >otherwise affix, a rectangle of heavy plastic or other transparent material >just in front of the eyes. Because it gets dirty, sweaty, scratched, and harder to see through than the veil. Do you wear eyeglasses? A beekeeper's worst affliction except a bad back. I swear every season that I will start wearing contacts, but what with astigmatism and tri-focals, that doesn't seem very practical. Walter Weller Post Office Box 270 Wakefield, Louisiana 70784 <[log in to unmask]>