I would like to understand a little more of what people wear for bee 
keeping.

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I dress for the occasion.  I prefer to go normal - shorts and a t-shirt - 
and generally wear a veil.  I wear the veil to keep the bees from getting 
behind my glasses.... one of the few times bees really bother me.  Yet, I 
know that sometimes I am well advised to cover up more.  If the weather is 
bad or I know the colony has an attitude problem, I don't mind doing the bee 
suit.



When I go out on bee calls I carry everything including boots and gloves... 
just in case.  I have not met the AHB swarm here in northern Illinois yet, 
but it may happen.  Generally I don't wear most of what I take.  It is fun 
to awe the civilians by capturing a swarm with no protection... and it helps 
improve the honeybees' reputation.



The bottom line is that I enjoy communicating with the bees and a lot of 
that communication comes from being able to touch and be touched.  I do 
think bees get to know their keeper.



Larry Krengel

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