?> 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 I found that merely wetting hardened gloves and wearing them returned them to service. I had tried oils, but found them unnecessary and undesirable. We washed gloves caked with honey either by wearing them, running a tap and washing our hands with the gloves on, or in extreme cases in the wash with bee suits. *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm