> One caveat: don't work dressed like this near anyone wearing a suit and
> veil, and especially anyone wearing gloves.  For one thing, anyone
> dressed like that when you are not is bound to be pretty insensitive and
> clumsy.

Amen on this Allen!  I can work bees all day every day dressed as you
mention, unless an "insensitive" beekeeper touches a hive in the same
yard, and then BAM the stinging starts.

It's not that one needs to work slowly, it's learning how to work bees
without eliciting defensive behavior.

Randy Oliver

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