Am I a real Beek now?

[Colobee]

I wear a pollinator jacket at all times except when just sitting & watching. One cross hive that you weren't expecting is all it takes to justify this. I had 2-3 last year.

I have a full suit, for when the going gets tough, and sometimes it does. After 35 years of beekeeping, every sting hurts as much as the first. I'll pass, every chance I get.

As far as I'm concerned, NOT getting stung makes you a smarter beekeeper. I get about 100 lbs of honey per sting.

[craneman54]

If I get a hive that likes to act up I will be suiting up. Although I have a very high tolerance for pain I don't enjoy it.
Like I said in a previous post. I was just trying to bee funny.
I did learn that it would help if I tucked my shirt in my pants before opening a hive.

[Colobee]

You're making lite of the fact that you received what most would call a painful sting, from critters you've chosen to be around.

You're a real beek, in my book 

One thing you'll notice is that no matter what the topic, there are usually a dozen or more approaches to dealing with it, and most of them work quite well. I suspect that's due as much to the bees as the beeks.

[theOZer]

craneman,  In answer to your question I say, "Yes," indeed you now are a Beek; welcome to the club.  Love Bees, theOZer

[Dallasbeek]

I did learn that it would help if I tucked my shirt in my pants before opening a hive.

Well, that's something to be proud of.  Some people never learn.  Yeah, man, you're a real beek.

[craneman54]

You're making lite of the fact that you received what most would call a painful sting, from critters you've chosen to be around.

Yea well I can't blame the bees. I was moving their house like it was a camper trailer with bad shocks on a rough back country road. Beside the stings are far from the worst pains I have had in my life.
I find making lite of the minor problems in life is easier and better than crying and whining about it.