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Date: | Wed, 4 Nov 2009 10:54:20 EST |
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I agree with Allen about researchers and bee suits. My usual dress is a
light colored pant (faded jeans or tan), light colored shirt, and I stuff a
simple, folding veil in my back pocket. I wear cowboy boots, not so much
because of the bees, but I come from an area where rattlesnakes like to coil
under pallets. Some form of hat on sunny days to avoid burning my bald
dome.
If bees are really testy, I will pull on a light jacket with a zipper
veil. About the only time I wear a full suit is when shaking bees - and even
then, only if I'm the one pouring bees. I do wear a full suit around
aggressive AHB, but I've worked a lot of bees in S. America with just a veil - if
they're not overly aggressive.
I consider myself a researcher - and I've noted that I'm often wearing less
protective covering than the beekeeper. In fact, I've found that if I
don't know the beekeeper, showing up in a full suit is taken as an indication
of being an amateur. Showing up in a T-shirt, with a veil in my pocket,
and a smoker sends a different message.
I'm convinced that how you work bees makes a huge difference in bee
temper. Given a choice - a suit or a smoker, but not both; I'll always take the
smoker or a spray bottle when working colonies over a bee suit; and I'm
sparing with the smoke.
Jerry
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