beekeepers.........

Anonymous-0 · Jul 17, 2010

Have several around my area from a few hives to hundreds. One guy tends his hives in tight swimmingtrunks and tanktop. Talks and sings the whole time. Says the only time the bees sting is when they are scared or stuck, so he stays calm and wears close that don't get slack. He won't let me take a picture butyou can stand right next to him and not get stung.

Dave

kopeck · Jul 17, 2010

It all depends on where they are in the season.

If the flow is on I've worked them in shorts and a T-Shirt but I always wear a vale. If there is a dearth, well you better cover up.

You would never catch me dressed like your buddy. :wink:

K

Anonymous-0 · Jul 17, 2010

(quoted from post at 19:31:06 07/17/10)
You would never catch me dressed like your buddy. :wink:

K

Me either at any time. And I don't do bees :roll:
I never paid any attention to when, but I've never sen him dressed any other way.

Dave

camju · Jul 19, 2010

I had 24 hives still have one worked for guys with 1200 and bees are realy diffrent in nature from one blood line to another.The saying here is, if you don't wan't to get stung buy New Zealand bees if you want honey buy Hawian. I have worked my bees with no vail but only to check for eggs or disease.If ayone can pull honey without a vail he must have a diffrent bred of bees altogether.shorts is coman as bees see dark objects and not light colars as well.I wore a pair of black wool socks one day, big mistake big ankles the next day.

kopeck · Jul 19, 2010

Funny you should mention that. I pulled honey over the weekend and got stung in the ankle! White socks but an upset bee doesn't care. Now I'm hobbling around.

As far as blood lines go, I just think some are worse then others. I've never noticed bees from one area being worse then others. Most of this year I didn't even need smoke to work my bees. Now we're in a bit of a dearth, smoke is required and gloves.

I always wear a vail, I've been stung in the ear twice, not fun.

K

HughB · Jul 19, 2010

My neighbor has three hives so we have lots of bees around. Never
been stung by a honey bee and I have stood right beside the hive
with the lid off. No protection. I did get stung last week by a
hornet that was in the leaves of my pole beens. I reached down and
accidently picked him up with a bean. Got me right in the web
between my fingers. That smarts.

RayP(MI) · Jul 19, 2010

Had a friend who had a few hives on my place. Usually tended them in short sleeve shirts and bluejeans. Worked with him several times. Used smoke to dull their senses. Never got stung. Drove a tractor past the hive once and was struck in the ankle by a flying bee - got stung real good. I react pretty badly to bee stings. Wife used to make me keep a bee sting shot, until it expired in the cabinet. Think it was a prescription item. No bees around here now, think the liklihood of getting stung is negligable.

Anonymous-0 · Jul 19, 2010

bees seem to not like dark objects. On a nice day I have worked them with JUST a pair of loose fitting shorts, nothing else. If the weather is going to change in the next 12 hours you better have the vail on and be covered up, they get nasty.

patiolant · Jul 19, 2010

They die after they sting, so they only do it when threatened. Another don't is eating bananas. It smells like a pheromone they release when agitated that signals other bees in the hive about danger. The only time my father was stung a bunch of times (over 50 on one arm) is when he made a mistake taking care of his bees (added a super box that had been on another hive less than a week ago onto a different hive; the bees smelled the "intruder" bees and attacked him). All he could smell as he ran away was bananas.

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