I hae been doing my mentoring bit with a new beekeeper watching what I am doing and helping out. He's doing fine.
For many of us, there are still penty of bees in hives and there's not much for them to do so they can cause trouble if lightly occupied so my lively lot took a dislike to my assistant on Saturday. I was fine, no attempted stings, but they seemed to object to his new leather gloves, which took quite a few stings around the wrists.
He said that he is not confident enough yet for nitrile ones, which I understand, although the irony of it is that it's those leather glauntlets that the bees went for!
Why would they want to have a go at his gloves?
(I will try him with nitrile gloves and min-nucs next time, if I can persuade him to have a go).
For many of us, there are still penty of bees in hives and there's not much for them to do so they can cause trouble if lightly occupied so my lively lot took a dislike to my assistant on Saturday. I was fine, no attempted stings, but they seemed to object to his new leather gloves, which took quite a few stings around the wrists.
He said that he is not confident enough yet for nitrile ones, which I understand, although the irony of it is that it's those leather glauntlets that the bees went for!
Why would they want to have a go at his gloves?
(I will try him with nitrile gloves and min-nucs next time, if I can persuade him to have a go).
May your bees read the same books as you do.