The normal beekeeper's outfit includes jeans tucked into the boots, a
long-sleeved shirt buttoned at the throat and wrists, gloves that come up
over the elbows, and the hat & veil, that comes to the armpits.
It can get quite hot here, especially in the summer.
After I became a seasoned beekeeper (not afraid of getting stung), I found
that I could move, or open a beehive without the hat, veil or gloves, and
not get stung. If I could do that, I could work the bees without a shirt on.
It can get quite hot here, especially in the summer.
And well, I'm a nudist anyway, so...
long-sleeved shirt buttoned at the throat and wrists, gloves that come up
over the elbows, and the hat & veil, that comes to the armpits.
It can get quite hot here, especially in the summer.
After I became a seasoned beekeeper (not afraid of getting stung), I found
that I could move, or open a beehive without the hat, veil or gloves, and
not get stung. If I could do that, I could work the bees without a shirt on.
It can get quite hot here, especially in the summer.
And well, I'm a nudist anyway, so...
| I was a beekeeper in South and Central Florida for five years. It can get quite hot here, especially in the summer. |
| My Bee-hicle |
| If you're careful around bees (don't try to shoo a bee away by waving your arms and hands at it, it'll think you're attacking it, and it will counter-attack). Unless you're allergic to bee venom, and even then, if you're careful, you needn't fear them. Just don't bug them, they won't bug you. I can even put a bee on my nose. However, you can be doing, or wearing, some of the most innocent things around bees that can get you stung, such as: |
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So you don't want to be standing in front of a beehive wearing your red
sweater, your new Calvin Klein jeans and your designer fragrance, and
checking the time on your fake Rolex.
But if you do get stung -- look where you've been stung and you'll see
something white --that's the venom sac. It's said that after a bee stings, it
dies. That's true because the venom sac is ripped out of it's body. The
venom sac has muscles wrapped around it that, even without a bee
attached, can contract and pump venom for up to thirty minutes.
So time is of the essence. If you get the stinger out in the first one- or two
seconds after getting stung, within five minutes there should be no pain and
no swelling.
Don't try to remove the stinger with your forefinger and thumb, you'll only
squeeze more venom into you; instead scratch it out with your fingernails.
sweater, your new Calvin Klein jeans and your designer fragrance, and
checking the time on your fake Rolex.
But if you do get stung -- look where you've been stung and you'll see
something white --that's the venom sac. It's said that after a bee stings, it
dies. That's true because the venom sac is ripped out of it's body. The
venom sac has muscles wrapped around it that, even without a bee
attached, can contract and pump venom for up to thirty minutes.
So time is of the essence. If you get the stinger out in the first one- or two
seconds after getting stung, within five minutes there should be no pain and
no swelling.
Don't try to remove the stinger with your forefinger and thumb, you'll only
squeeze more venom into you; instead scratch it out with your fingernails.