Best Bee Suit

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bwallace23350

March 01, 2017, 06:28:45 AM
Got someone who is going to help me some this year as they want to get into bee keeping but want to see what it is like first. Money is not an issue for them really so what is the suite you would recommend to them. I have an ultra breeze. I just wanted a ventilated suit and it had good reviews online. We live in the deep south so of course anything I recommend will be ventilated because of the heat. What do yall recommend?

iddee

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March 01, 2017, 08:02:39 AM
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JackM

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March 01, 2017, 08:57:08 AM
Welllllll
http://www.ultrabreezesuits.com/

BUT if you had searched, you would have found many, many of this very same topic and you will get the same responses.
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lazy shooter

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March 01, 2017, 09:05:10 AM
I have the ultra breeze suit, and it is a fine, well made suit.  It is also about twice the price as the beezneeds suit that Iddee suggested.  I would have bought Iddee's suggestion had I known it was available last year.

I work bees in 100? F temps in the summer, so ventilated is a necessity.

lazy

bwallace23350

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March 01, 2017, 09:31:29 AM
Quote from: JackM on March 01, 2017, 08:57:08 AM
Welllllll
http://www.ultrabreezesuits.com/

BUT if you had searched, you would have found many, many of this very same topic and you will get the same responses.

True and that is what led me to get the Ultra Breeze but I am trying to do due diligence for my friend and to just make sure that I recommend the best suit.

bwallace23350

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March 01, 2017, 09:31:53 AM
Quote from: lazy shooter on March 01, 2017, 09:05:10 AM
I have the ultra breeze suit, and it is a fine, well made suit.  It is also about twice the price as the beezneeds suit that Iddee suggested.  I would have bought Iddee's suggestion had I known it was available last year.

I work bees in 100? F temps in the summer, so ventilated is a necessity.

lazy

Us also. The actual temp might not be 100 but the heat index sure is.

Michael Bush

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March 01, 2017, 11:00:00 AM
My favorite is an Ultra Breeze jacket.  Next would be an Ultra Breeze suit...
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BeeMaster2

#7
March 01, 2017, 12:16:11 PM
I have a ultra breeze type suit that i ordered from Mann Lake about 4 years ago. I like it a lot for when I need  protection. I bought my wife one last year and she really likes it.
Jim
Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.
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BeeMaster2

#8
March 01, 2017, 12:19:51 PM
Here is a link:
https://www.mannlakeltd.com/shop-all-categories/protective-gear/suits-and-jackets/provent-jacket
I have never been stung through it.
I cannot say that about the single cloth types. If they are up against your skin the bees can easily sting through one layer.
Jim
Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.
Ben Franklin

bwallace23350

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March 01, 2017, 03:02:47 PM
Quote from: sawdstmakr on March 01, 2017, 12:19:51 PM
Here is a link:
https://www.mannlakeltd.com/shop-all-categories/protective-gear/suits-and-jackets/provent-jacket
I have never been stung through it.
I cannot say that about the single cloth types. If they are up against your skin the bees can easily sting through one layer.
Jim
Thanks. That looks more affordable. Well I will tell him to get an ultra breeze or a manlake

gww

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March 01, 2017, 06:05:32 PM
So far except for a $10 smock my daughter bought me, I am using homemade suits.  I mostly use the smock but have just put a long sleeve white shirt on and a viel I made with window screen sewed to a fishing hat.  My uncle just gave me a box of 24 super extra large white kinda paper coveralls.  I just today sewed the legs closed and put some stretchy stuff around the sleeves and a small pocket on four of them.  I am just going to wear them with my shoes inside the sewn legs untill they wear through.  I bet they are hot but they are so lose, I can't see how a bee could get to me if I was naked.

I can not seem to keep mice from my stuff I keep in the garage and so I am afraid to buy anything expensive and so I just keep making things that get me by.  Cheep though.  He also gave me two boxes of hospital gloves, the thin ones.  One box of the blue and one of the clear.  I have been using some good soft leather with sleaves sewn on that I made.

Man I am a cheep bas.....rd. 
Cheers
gww

BeeMaster2

#11
March 01, 2017, 08:07:05 PM
GWW,
Clark Howard would be proud of you.
:cheesy:
Jim
Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.
Ben Franklin

Barhopper

#12
March 01, 2017, 08:08:31 PM
Ultra breeze

gww

#13
March 01, 2017, 09:10:28 PM
Saw......
I must not get out much.  I had to look up clark howard to know what you were talking about :smile:.

I know ultranreeze must be worth the price for some reason cause it sure has one heck of a following of bee keepers.  Maby some day when I sell some honey and buy a mouse proof metal cabnet if there is such a thing.

I had thought that maby it was also the very last suit that was supposed to still be made in america.
Cheers
gww
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