Paul Walton wrote:
 
> I think that you will find noise doesn't disturb the bees at all. It is
> the sweat that tends to gather around close-fitting items like (leather)
> straps that irritates them.
 
I have heard this repeated so often about watch bands, in this case
leather (but not always).  I have worn a stretch band while working by
bees for 16 years.  They are attracted to it - I assumed by the fact
that it was shiny, didn't think about the sweat- but never once have I
had them react negatively to it.  Of course, I do not wear any sort of
protective gear so I may be more sensitive to what stirs them up.
Nothing I have ever worn has irritated my bees.
 
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"Test everything.  Hold on to the good."  (1 Thessalonians 5:21)
 
Tom Elliott
Chugiak,  Alaska
U.S.A.
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