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>For all those out there that were gloves when working
>over bee hives, try to do with out these as they tend to make you
>less competent when handling frames.
Gloves are the only protective clothing I generally tend to wear---but...
Most folks wear heavy and unwieldy gloves. I wear the thin plastic gloves
that I wear for caving. They give you a good "feel" for the frames and
bees, and are semi-resistant to stings. Get them at your rockclimbing
supplier. (It's mostly a psychological crutch, anyway, not being able to
feel bees scurrying over your fingertips. I've worked barehanded, and I
really prefer gloves to deaden autonomous reactions.) As for other
protective clothing---I started out fully suited, 20 years ago, and found
I shed more and more gear over time. I get stung less without "protective"
clothing than with it.
--Jane B.
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