Do you keep your suit immaculately clean at all times?

[jenkinsbrynmair]

always washed at 50° longevity never been an issue, even with my ten year old plus suits.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Why? 40C is more usual for such stuff.

Hygiene I suppose - that was the whole thrust of the conversation we had.

 

[Hedgerow Honey]

30c wash in a mix of non bio & soda crystals. We have ten suits between us and another six for customers and all are washed after being used, whether they look dirty or not. I use ansell chemical gloves & change between apiaries & they go in with the suits for washing.
Apparently shropshire is a high risk EFB County, can't be to careful I guess.

 

[Arfermo]

Hygiene I suppose - that was the whole thrust of the conversation we had.

Now that at 86 I am sole carer for my wife with alzheimers I have to wash (watch) these unfamiliar tissues!!

 

[Gilberdyke John]

NBU recommend 50°C

Elastic cuffs won't enjoy long life at that temperature ☹

 

[Curly green finger's]

30c wash in a mix of non bio & soda crystals. We have ten suits between us and another six for customers and all are washed after being used, whether they look dirty or not. I use ansell chemical gloves & change between apiaries & they go in with the suits for washing.
Apparently shropshire is a high risk EFB County, can't be to careful I guess.

I hope not John with the EFB.
How much of the soda crystals do you use.?

 

[Susan1]

I try to wash regularly but sometimes forget. I have some propolis on my suit which I cannot get rid of. My husband manages to keep his suit immaculate - guess who does most of the work!!

 

[Amari]

I rarely wash my suits. Freud said that folk who demand utter cleanliness and tidiness harbour a secret desire for dirt and disorder.....

 

[user 20297]

I rarely wash my suits. Freud said that folk who demand utter cleanliness and tidiness harbour a secret desire for dirt and disorder.....

So far, the answer which most meets with my approval.

 

[Erichalfbee]

I rarely wash my suits. Freud said that folk who demand utter cleanliness and tidiness harbour a secret desire for dirt and disorder.....

Did you know that Freud died of mouth cancer ….. assisted by his physician

 

[ericbeaumont]

I rarely wash my suits.

So far, the answer which most meets with my approval.

One London SBI has spent all summer burning EFB colonies, but I guess you're in a clean zone where it can't reach you. I prefer Karol's pragmatic approach.

easier to wash a suit than cull a diseased hive

 

[Amari]

Did you know that Freud died of mouth cancer ….. assisted by his physician

No, I was unaware. I see from Wiki that he was a heavy smoker.

I'm much in favour of physician-assisted taking one's own life. I tell SWMBO that I intend to put a black capsule on the mantlepiece for use when necessary, especially in the event of dementia. She reminds me that we don't have any mantlepieces, moreover I wouldn't remember where I'd put it.......

 

[Karol]

Why? 40C is more usual for such stuff.

I imagine because proteins denature more at 50°C than at 40°C so pathogens, allergens and pheromones are far less likely to survive. Using alkali in the wash achieves the same thing at lower temperatures.

 

[Erichalfbee]

No, I was unaware. I see from Wiki that he was a heavy smoker.

I'm much in favour of physician-assisted taking one's own life. I tell SWMBO that I intend to put a black capsule on the mantlepiece for use when necessary, especially in the event of dementia. She reminds me that we don't have any mantlepieces, moreover I wouldn't remember where I'd put it.......

I like the sound of that

 

[user 20297]

One London SBI has spent all summer burning EFB colonies, but I guess you're in a clean zone where it can't reach you. I prefer Karol's pragmatic approach.

I forgot; beekeeping's no laughing matter.
Edit: All my colonies are in one place at my home and they usually all get inspected at the same time. If a foulbrood infection spontaneously breaks out on my bee suit I'll burn it and get a better one.

 

[ericbeaumont]

beekeeping's no laughing matter.

Nooo! SOH essential!

 

[user 20297]

Nooo! SOH essential!

I'll be OK then. ....not so sure about my bees.

 

[North End Bees]

I forgot; beekeeping's no laughing matter.
If a foulbrood infection spontaneously breaks out on my bee suit I'll burn it and get a better one.

And if it spontaneously breaks out in one of your hives from an infected colony up the road, don't worry. You can burn the apiary and get a better one.