Always listen to the advice of a beekeeper
4 years ago by do65 · 1138 Likes · 3 comments · Popular
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changetheworld
· 4 years ago
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This is exactly how it was described to me, and now I can tell you from experience that it is a 100% accurate description of what it feels like to have a bee crawling up you. Also, your nose will itch as soon as you are in your bee suit, and you will have phantom-crawling feelings the entire time you are around the bees.
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broski1013
· 4 years ago
What do you do about them being in the new suit tho? Like how do you get them back out?
changetheworld
· 4 years ago
I don't wear a whole bee suit, just a jacket & gloves and they have never made it under the jacket. Then I just wear long pants and either put long socks over or I have little velcro straps I can put around my ankle to "close off" the bottom of the pants. Anyway, there have been times where I haven't done that, and a bee has started crawling up my leg (Sidenote: certain bees in the hives aren't great at flying and if they fall out while you are looking at frames, they try to crawl back up to the hive - sometimes using your leg). In those cases you either carefully roll up the pants and gently swipe the bee away or get stung. Really the best thing to do is just to make sure you are wearing the appropriate equipment and then bees won't get in. If for some reason they do get into a bee suit, really the only thing you could do would be to go away from the hives, probably inside, and take the suit off.
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