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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => EQUIPMENT USAGE, EXPERIMENTATION, HIVE PLANS, CONSTRUCTION TIPS AND TOOLS => Topic started by: spikesmith2000 on August 18, 2006, 01:29:19 PM

Title: protective clothing
Post by: spikesmith2000 on August 18, 2006, 01:29:19 PM
i ordered a hobbist pullover from betterbee, inc. and im just wonderin what kind of gloves and pants to use?
Title: protective clothing
Post by: super dave on August 18, 2006, 01:47:56 PM
ive hheard that one of those painter tyvec suit from lowe's  and yellow rubber  gloves for cleaning would work-- anyone have  deep thoughts on this
Title: protective clothing
Post by: TwT on August 18, 2006, 09:10:11 PM
I have 2 pull-overs from better bee and really like them, I just wear blue jeans with mine and the ventilated gloves.....

http://www.betterbee.com/products.asp?dept=619
Title: protective clothing
Post by: Brian D. Bray on August 18, 2006, 10:46:38 PM
When I use gloves I use the same as those of TwT.  Usually I let the visitors use them.  I have a tulle veil and 2 sets of gloves in L & M for visitors.   I prefer the exclesior, or round, veil instead of the square one.  I dislike blind spots that the seamed veils have.  For the rest of it I just use pants and rubber bands to keep out the leg crawlers.
Title: protective clothing
Post by: keeper007 on August 18, 2006, 11:10:31 PM
i use jeans, a white turtle neck,  betterbee gloves, and viel
Title: protective clothing
Post by: mark on August 19, 2006, 10:25:00 AM
tyvec suits are really hot.  there is absolutely NO ventilation.  you won't like them.
Title: protective clothing
Post by: spikesmith2000 on August 19, 2006, 10:52:41 AM
i ended up just wearing to pairs of pants a long sleeve shirt and the pullover i think i need boots from now on to the bees got up through my pant legs even though i rubberbanded them....and above all the cooler that the wild hive was in broke apart sending all the bees after me and i had to pick the comb up outa the yard and put it in the back of my truck and now theres bees and honey all over my truck and i cant even get ouside to it.... this oughta be a fun day...