DONALD M CAMPBELL wrote: > good disposable glove made out of rubber latex. The gloves are blue > and come in a box of 50. > The gloves are high-risk, powder-free textured exam gloves used by many EMS > and Fire Departments. If the bees are really pissed they will sting the > gloves, the stingers usually get embedded in the glove and just miss you > skin. When finished they are cheap enough to be thrown away.. Are these nitril gloves? They are blue and much tougher than plain latex, which are usually white. They are a bit more expensive than latex and are usually used in tougher environments than latex can handle - as you describe. They are especially resistant to puncture, but when they puncture they often do so with a major rip. Shifting to other ways to operate bare handed, another practice is to "wash" your hands in the old smoker ashes before restarting the smoker. Bill Truesdell Bath, Me