flouresant trousers

[ratcatcher]

it's probably been asked before, but are bee's bothered by flouresant material, as I have a smock type top half/veil, and have a decent set of work over trousers/lots pockets, but bright orange,

 

[VEG]

you can get bright orange bee suits so they must be ok.

 

[tonybloke]

it's probably been asked before, but are bee's bothered by flouresant material, as I have a smock type top half/veil, and have a decent set of work over trousers/lots pockets, but bright orange,

lots of pockets can be a pain, bees like dark places!!

 

[yeogi75]

it's probably been asked before, but are bee's bothered by flouresant material, as I have a smock type top half/veil, and have a decent set of work over trousers/lots pockets, but bright orange,

be carful if you are going to dig any holes you might get loads of bees looking down the hole

 

[Luminos]

be carful if you are going to dig any holes you might get loads of bees looking down the hole

 

[ratcatcher]

you can get bright orange bee suits so they must be ok.

thank you veg for the reply,
Im all for having a laugh on forums, but normally alongside informative replies, as a hoping to be beekeeper, have to say not impressed with replies, so I'll start looking at other forums, thank you

 

[alanf]

it's probably been asked before, but are bee's bothered by flouresant material, as I have a smock type top half/veil, and have a decent set of work over trousers/lots pockets, but bright orange,

What we don't know is what the material is reflecting in the bee's visual range up in the ultra violet. Texture is at least as important as whatever colour we happen to see it as. Woollen knits and fleeces are usually best avoided, most bee kit uses a plain fabric woven in cotton or a mixture and colours include camouflage and floral prints as well as the soft pastel shades.

The only way you'll really know how the bees react to it is to try. Just check to see that zips, cuffs and other openings are bee tight, trousers intended as over wear often have slits to get to pockets inside. Wide open trouser legs not tucked in can be a problem as bees tend to crawl up rather than down.

 

[itma]

And I'd add that the humorous comments about bending over are actually a serious pointer to the enhanced bee-security of an all-in-one overall -- particularly for beginners.
The fewer 'extra' things to worry about (and that includes an exposed... midriff) the better you will be able to devote your attention to the bees.

Much depends on the temper of your bees - a complete unknown at this point.
I always wear my all-in-one when visiting other folks bees.
My own bees are pretty calm, and so I normally only pull on a thin 'visitor smock' over whatever ordinary trousers I happen to be wearing.
But a full "suit of armour" does no harm at all to one's confidence when there are bees going in all directions ...

Fluoro Orange? No idea - not tried, not seen used -- its not usual and you will stand out (probably not in any good way).

Among clothes possibly already in your wardrobe, pick something loose, definitely not tight) fitting. Perhaps you have, or can find, a set of overalls (or high-waisted over-dungarees) that you could wear under your bee-jacket?
And tucking trouser legs into wellies is the standard.

 

[AnotherNewBee]

thank you veg for the reply,
Im all for having a laugh on forums, but normally alongside informative replies, as a hoping to be beekeeper, have to say not impressed with replies, so I'll start looking at other forums, thank you

There is a lot of humour on this forum. Sometimes someone's sense of humour rubs someone up the wrong way. That's just the way forums with a big membership are. One thing we ALL have in common, IMHO, is that we ALL take beekeeping seriously.

Sometimes the humour precedes the serious answers, more often than not the humour comes along once the question has been answered (sometimes with 20 different answers from 15 different beeks).

It seems a shame to not give us a chance. Stick with it. There's a lot of valuable experience here and, finally, you've found a forum with no spelling and abbreviation cops.

 

[yeogi75]

sorry ratcatcher
didn't mean any harm just thought wearing flouroescent trousers and your name must be council worker as i was fifteen years ago specialist sewer man working for the council
stick with us there are a lot of intelligent ones on here as well

 

[region2]

Im all for having a laugh on forums, but normally alongside informative replies, as a hoping to be beekeeper, have to say not impressed with replies, so I'll start looking at other forums, thank you

Prickly - you had some good responses and some gentle ribbing - not sure I'd have (over)reacted as you did. That said, good luck on the other forums, hopefully they won't over-asterisk!

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