Gloves and Smoker recommendations

[paul4848]

Love my Rauchboy from Beckys Bees handy hive tool holder built in.

Gloves mechanics nitrile gloves Like These I have a pair of leather gauntlets for the girls that I've managed to upset .

 

[paul4848]

I actually had just ordered the rauchboy….looks good

 

[simonwig]

The main negative with all these gloves is that I have to carry lots of pairs because my hands sweat like crazy when I'm wearing them. Even the flocked ones don't help. It's particularly unpleasant if you need to raise an arm and find a load of sweat running out of your glove down to your armpit

James

I use the TouchNTuff 92-605 Disposable Nitrile Gloves.
I have a similar problem of sweaty hands but find wearing cotton stockinet gloves (not the moisturising type) underneath helps soak the sweat up and makes them easier to put on.
Gloves
Simon

 

[robinharman]

Waitrose version of marigolds are really good and last a long time.
Interesting fact - one of the backing singers for the Lithuanian Eurovision entry works in our local Waitrose.
Before I get abuse Mrs H normally frequents Aldi or Lidl.

Dadant is worth every penny

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I don’t have a dadent smoker but I perchased a big lookalike one from the Telford show and I hate it

so not a Dadant then

 

[Curly green finger's]

so not a Dadant then

Obviously

 

[wilvaughan18]

Tesco do 'marigold gloves
'
https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-...q2_r71RQdT0aOwQxy_BoCCXAQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

they are black which is supposed to be bad but I have never had an issue with them. I have a pair of canvas gaiters that were around £6 if my sleeves creep up (I have arms like a chimp) , but could have fabricated them myself for close to nothing. Used this setup to clear a chaps wasp nest where they were insanely aggressive, not a single sting and still have quite good dexterity for fiddly task, also easy to clean in my soda bucket between hives.

 

[Antipodes]

they are black which is supposed to be bad but I have never had an issue with them.

I haven't noticed bees going for black gloves either (yet ).

I'm mostly using something similar here.

 

[Paulmac]

I use the £2 a pair ones from B&M have a very thin fleece lining have never been stung through them and brilliant feel

 

[sarahcorlett2566]

I went to do an inspection today and couldn’t find my leather gauntlets so used some rubber washing up gloves (Tesco own brand, not Marigolds) with nitrile gloves on top and they were perfect - easy to manipulate the frames and the bees didn’t seem to mind them - no stings or distress. I would recommend!

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

reserve the leather gloves for clearing brambles or dispatching a particularly aggressive queen.

 

[North End Bees]

I haven't noticed bees going for black gloves either (yet ).

I bought a box of black nitriles during Covid when gloves were really scarce and I couldn't get the blue ones. I found that bees were really going for my hands so swapped back as soon as I could get them.

 

[pargyle]

Just resurrected this thread as I had to buy a new pack of disposable gloves .. I like the Ansell 900-605 long cuff Touch n Tuff gloves but they have gone up (as have all disposable and rubber gloves) dramatically in price...

I like these as they do last a long time are pretty much sting proof, have long cuffs and they double up for those dirty jobs around the house and garden without disintegrating at the first contact with anything hard or sharp.

I finally found them on ebay, including postage, at £15.75 for a hundred. The average price now seems to be between £23 and £28 which is exhorbitant (although the Yorkshireman in me sometimes clouds my judgement and my wallet !).

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/183767988887?var=691370278192

 

[JamezF]

Just resurrected this thread as I had to buy a new pack of disposable gloves .. I like the Ansell 900-605 long cuff Touch n Tuff gloves but they have gone up (as have all disposable and rubber gloves) dramatically in price...

I like these as they do last a long time are pretty much sting proof, have long cuffs and they double up for those dirty jobs around the house and garden without disintegrating at the first contact with anything hard or sharp.

I finally found them on ebay, including postage, at £15.75 for a hundred. The average price now seems to be between £23 and £28 which is exhorbitant (although the Yorkshireman in me sometimes clouds my judgement and my wallet !).

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/183767988887?var=691370278192

A timely post. I was just thinking that I should order some more gloves.

James

 

[PeaBee]

Spend the extra few quid and get a dadent smoker. I am still using my father's that must be 20- 30 years old and gets used almost daily. Cheap ones fall apart much quicker.

 

[Hedgerow Honey]

I insist we all use Gruffs orange nitrile gloves as they are robust enough to go through the washing machine & the fit is really good.
I've had some gloves that have survived three wash's.

This was discussed when I attended the DASH Course and the NBU approved washing the gloves as long as there had been no foul brood contact.
It's not only Yorkshiremen that are tight.

I'll second the use of a Dadant smoker, each staff member has been issued one & they are to guard with their life.

There is a new one from Murray in the workshop which I gave to the apprentice, who then swapped it for my own !!!.

 

[Amari]

I bought a box of black nitriles during Covid when gloves were really scarce and I couldn't get the blue ones. I found that bees were really going for my hands so swapped back as soon as I could get them.

Yes, bees don't like black gloves.
Also, a few years ago I was asked by a lady beekeeper to help trickle oxalic acid midwinter. She was wearing fleece gloves. The bees were enraged and her gloves became covered with ferocious bees.

 

[madasafish]

Perhaps there's an opening in the market for a perfume with a pheromone component that makes bees feel calm and relaxed I've certainly got a couple of colonies where I'd "splash it all over".

James

Avon Skin So Soft (Original) works for me. (Bare hands)
Deters bees and keeps my hands soft and clean.

My £15 ebay smoker is now 15 years old. Mind you it ls rather repaired... and modified with a wooden base wired to it so I can place it safely on poly hive roofs..

 

[robmort]

Just resurrected this thread as I had to buy a new pack of disposable gloves .. I like the Ansell 900-605 long cuff Touch n Tuff gloves but they have gone up (as have all disposable and rubber gloves) dramatically in price...

Are they as thick as Marigolds?

 

[Norton Caff]

Yes, bees don't like black gloves.

I often use black gloves and find no difference with any other colour. I used to use Tesco tough washing up gloves but they don't seem to do them any more. They were black and a good fit.