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Date: | Sun, 29 Sep 1996 22:11:22 -0400 |
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As long as we are on the subject of beekeeping gloves, here is my own two
cents.
I generally don't use gloves, but I keep a set in my bee tool pail, and there
are times when using them makes the difference between being able to get a
necessary job done and getting chased away by a hyper-defensive colony. I
have one such colony just now, and I don't think I could have split it into
more workable sections without gloves. True, beekeeping gloves are clumsy,
but I don't try anything delicate with them.
Also, gloves should be worn when working with Apistan strips.
However, if a colony' behavior forces me to use gloves, that colony is marked
for requeening. Beekeeping is supposed to be fun, and hyper-defensive
colonies are definitely not fun.
W. G. Miller
Gaithersburg, MD
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