my first beekeeping club story

[BeeMaster2]

SC, from what I understand wool isn't a good item to wear around them, either.  I always am amazed at watching JP removing bees.  He'll have a full beard and his curly hair and no bees gets tangled in them...amazing. 

Jim, I know how your dad felt.  I was standing to the side of a hive one day, the one at the very end of "hive row".  It was one of those "I think I'll walk down and get a quick look at the bees going and coming...no veil or anything as I wasn't even planning on getting close to the hives.  I was probably standing 6-8 feet to the side.  Suddenly I see this hussy of a bee (definitely not a lady!) run out of the hive onto the porch.  Without hesitation she took to the air while immediately navigating a hard turn to the left.  Our eyes locked.  I managed at the last minute to bend my head to the side but she got me just beside the jugular vein!!!  To this day I think a bee on the porch ratted me out to her...

Ed,
They do remember you when you hurt one of them. I have seen that enough times. I would work with my neighbor, I didn't wear any protection and he wore full protection with gloves. Thick gloves means dead and injured bees. After we were done and just standing near the hives, he would get tagged standing right next to me and I would not.
Jim