Hi,
 
Another thought on glove maintenance.  I use very thin  'surgical'
type  gloves over either my hands or my leather gloves and replace
them between apiaries.  This is mostly for  hygiene  reasons  (the
foulbrood's  may  be more of a worry in the UK because of the risk
of standstill notices and/or mandatory destruction).   The  gloves
'surical' do however keep the rubbish off my leather gloves, which
remain pretty clean.
 
Downside -- they get hot and sweaty!
 
Regards,
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