One year I put away my bee gloves wet, and they were as hard as could be in 
the spring. I used a leather conditioning oil which contained lanolin to 
soften them and nearly every bee within a foot of the gloves came over and 
stung them. There probably were other chemicals in the conditioning oil.

Lanolin is a natural oil that sheep exude into their wool. Has anyone 
noticed bees giving sheep a bad time?

                                    Best regards

                                    Donald Aitken 

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