In another thread Peter Borst questioned the accuracy of some reporters. I imagine some do use a bit of poetic license in their reporting. Two years of years ago I shared a couple of hives with a friend who works at the public radio network here. We split the cost of the bees, and she provided the equipment. We kept them in her backyard and I looked after them for the most part. One afternoon while I was doing a hive inspection, she came home from work and asked if I’d mind being interviewed for a local radio piece while inspecting the hive. I agreed to it, so she took out her recorder and began asking me some questions. When the piece aired, my bee partner/reporter friend began by describing the attire I was wearing as I inspected the hive. She said I was wearing a set of white beekeeping coveralls, beekeeping gloves, a beekeeping veil and rubber beekeeping boots. I suppose that’s what the public generally thinks beekeepers look like. The point is I wasn’t wearing any of that stuff. It was a nice day and the bees were well behaved, so I was wearing a pair of jeans and short sleeved tee shirt. I also was not wearing a veil. Regards, Dick Allen ****************************************************** * Full guidelines for BEE-L posting are at: * * http://www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm * ******************************************************