Washing bee suits and veils

[Jim134]

       I always heard it said bee suits should be washed alone and veils should be washed by hand. I was wondering if anybody ever tried a product like this for washed their veils and put it on gentle in a regular washing machine with Woolite

For those of you who do not know what Woolite is
http://tinyurl.com/hqzylck

Delicates Laundry Wash Bags
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         BEE HAPPY Jim 134 

[Joe D]

I wash mine with regular laundry detergent and spray in wash, suit in machine and hat with veil with same but by hand.

[monarchis]

I wash mine with green soap with ingredients based on olive oil.

[BeeMaster2]

My wife washes our suits, hood and all in the washing machine on the gentle/hand wash cycle with All.
They come out just fine and we hang dry them in the garage.
Jim

[chester5731]

We do the hand wash cycle also. Any suggestions for getting propolis off the gloves?

[BeeMaster2]

Good luck getting propolis off the gloves. It will dissolve in alcohol.
Jim

[Beeboy01]

I wash the veil and hat by scrubbing them with dishwashing soap and rinsing them with a hose in the back yard. The suit goes through the washer in cold water with no softener and air dries.
  After working a aggressive hive I'll wash the veil to remove any alarm phernomes left from bumping bees. 

[Hops Brewster]

I tuck the veil inside the suit and zip it up tight, wash the whole thing on gentle with my regular laundry detergent, hang outside to dry.

[divemaster1963]

I just throw mine in with jeans and wash as usual. Just zip it up with the hood zipped on. Throw in drier with softener sheet. Never have problems. Wash mine after overhead cutouts or if smells from sweat. Mostly during hot times I'm using the Nat jacket used by fisherman. That I hand wash in sink and hang in shower to dry overnight.

John

[jalentour]

I bleach the jacket and hand wash the veil. 
Mann Lake product.
Can't stand dirty....