Tom Allen wrote:
>
> In the past three years I have been stung many times,the most common is bees
> crawling down between my jacket sleeve and by glove gaunlet.The crawl right
> up to my LCD watach and hit me right under the band next tothe watch face.I
> wonder if the bees are annoyed by a sound frequency that we do not hear.
>
> Comments anyone. Yes I know I have to do something about the jacket matching
> the gauntlet,Velcro in a complete loop is my approach for 1997 season
 
The best way to stop the bees from sting you arround the watch area is to not wear any gloves. This will
stop you being "mainly" stung in the region of the watch. You might instead find that you are stung if at
all on the fingers.
 
In alot of bee keepers don't wear glove, I know that alot still do. In saying so I don't wear any gloves
and find that by doing so I am aware of the temperment of the hive and also what might annoy them about my
activities. I work 250 hives and on a good day will get through 100 of them in hive maintenance with a
little over 20 stings on a bad day. I must admit though that weather and time of day also play a part.
 
Hope this helps, but not wearing gloves will stop you worrying about bee stinging you "mainly" arround the
watch.
 
Jonathan