Video: How to Put on a Beekeeping Suit

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Working with bees means protecting against bee sting. Learn about beekeeping and putting on a beekeeping suit in this free apiary video.

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samantha345 Sep 05, 2010
They said that the beekeeping suit covers the entire body of a beekeeper when working with the bees. And it is made of a light-colored, smooth material. The reason behind the light coloring of the suits is because it is far removed from the coloring of natural bee predators, such as bears and skunks which are dark and furry.

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When you're working with bee hives, if you don't want to be stung, you need good protection. Typically, this would consist of coveralls, a veil, gloves and these bands around your legs so you don't get bees in your pants, so to speak. The first thing you do, put on the coveralls. Now if we were just going to take a quick look at a bee hive, we wouldn't go through all of this paraphernalia necessarily. But if you're going to go out and do some fast work and you don't want to have to be too cautious every move you make, protection is good. Coveralls on. Next you want to put on the veil and it's a hat and a veil that is secured at the bottom edge of the veil with a string that goes around the back and tied in the front. It works pretty good. It allows you to move your head pretty good even when it's tied. Take it around the back and then just tie it in the front area. And then you want to put on these leg straps to keep bees from flying up your pant leg. It's simply some Velcro on an elastic strap. It works pretty good. Now, if I was really doing some serious beekeeping, I'd have higher boots because you can get bees in around the socks. But for what we're doing today, that's good enough. And lastly, gloves. We have a kind of a little mesh area here so it helps keep them from being too hot. And I'm ready to go.

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