At 01:59 PM 6/24/97 -0500, you wrote:
>> if possible wash the gloves when changing "hive-working"
>
>OK,  I have a further question.  I LIKE my suit and gloves so, what
>about the pheromones?  Can I store my gloves in a box with baking soda
>and expect the odors to be absorbed?  It works in my fridge, why not my
>gloves.
>
>As for washing my suit, I use un scented stuff and it seems that all of
>the alarm odors are gone.  When, after several weeks of working, the
>bees decide to go home with me in my truck, that is when I wash it.
>None will really bother me for a while after washing, then slowly more
>and more will follow me many yards from the hive to my truck, that is
>when it is washing time.
>
>I do nothing for the leather gloves, yet.  Can I store them in, say a
>surplus ammo box with baking soda and expect them to be free of odors?
>
>Thanks,
>
>M. Chris Michel
>
Here in Monroe, La it is so hot and muggy it does not matter.  A nice clean
suit will be a totally sweaty suit in a matter of minutes.  It doesn't take
long for all but one ordor to be over powered.
Steven Albritton
LDS Communications, Sports America, Chauvin Honey Farms
Monroe, Louisiana