nitrile gloves - long cuff

[Cuckmere couple]

best place to get them from?

all ive found is around £15 for a box of 100....

 

[jeff33]

Don't tell anyone but I buy washing up gloves from Lidl. They're such poor quality that they're almost as thin as nitrile ones...and you get a choice of 3 colours!

 

[its.only.money]

I use these: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B06XMQYHF4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_F42uCbKMBS6E8

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[Murox]

best place to get them from?

all ive found is around £15 for a box of 100....

Try this https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B075S9M...olid=2WDWZDNNCQQDJ&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

But lidl "marigolds" are cheaper.

 

[B+.]

Try this https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B075S9M...olid=2WDWZDNNCQQDJ&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

But lidl "marigolds" are cheaper.

Have you considered a longer sleeve? You pay a lot for that extra 2" on the glove so it seems more sensible to simply get a longer sleeve or wear some sort of gauntlet.

 

[Murox]

Have you considered a longer sleeve? You pay a lot for that extra 2" on the glove so it seems more sensible to simply get a longer sleeve or wear some sort of gauntlet.

I quite agree with that. Personally I prefer no gloves at all, but i do find the regular nitrile gloves very handy when things get really sticky, then I just bin then. I did manage to find a pair of gauntlets with sleeves attached that were not too thick, hard and clumsy: made of goat skin I believe and came from Simon the beekeeper.

 

[madasafish]

If desperate, I cut the fingers and half the palm off a normal pair of nitriles and placed them on top of another (normal) pair) and drag them up to cover my wrists..

 

[philipm]

I buy cheap nitriles from toolstation and wear them on their own or under some washing up gloves.I always use sleeve protectors to stop the bees stinging my wrists.

 

[B+.]

I buy cheap nitriles from toolstation and wear them on their own or under some washing up gloves.I always use sleeve protectors to stop the bees stinging my wrists.

I buy a case at a time from these people (https://www.justgloves.co.uk/Nitrile-Gloves/Top-Glove-Powder-Free-Blue-Nitrile-Gloves-AQL-15 ). Needless to say, a box disappears into the boot of the car, the garage and anywhere else messy jobs can occur, but, I find a case will still last me a few years.

It probably shouldn't need to be said but I'll say it anyway. I supply any visitors to my apiaries with a fresh pair of gloves. It's important to create a barrier between apiaries (mine or theirs). I'm not too picky about changing gloves between hives in an apiary as I'm often working on several hives at the same time. Drones are readily accepted in hives other than their own anyway so, I reason that, if there ever was a problem, I could contain it at the apiary level. Fortunately, I have never had any disease and I live in a low-risk area. Incidentally, brood abnormality is one of the things I look for at each inspection.

 

[Millet]

I buy a case at a time from these people (https://www.justgloves.co.uk/Nitrile-Gloves/Top-Glove-Powder-Free-Blue-Nitrile-Gloves-AQL-15 ). Needless to say, a box disappears into the boot of the car, the garage and anywhere else messy jobs can occur, but, I find a case will still last me a few years.

It probably shouldn't need to be said but I'll say it anyway. I supply any visitors to my apiaries with a fresh pair of gloves. It's important to create a barrier between apiaries (mine or theirs). I'm not too picky about changing gloves between hives in an apiary as I'm often working on several hives at the same time. Drones are readily accepted in hives other than their own anyway so, I reason that, if there ever was a problem, I could contain it at the apiary level. Fortunately, I have never had any disease and I live in a low-risk area. Incidentally, brood abnormality is one of the things I look for at each inspection.

I buy two boxes of those at a time from a car parts shop at a price of £4.30 per (100 per box)..like you i use them for many other messy jobs to save washing my hands every two minutes..they are also spot on for the bees and pull over the cuff on my jacket easily..

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

wear some sort of gauntlet.

then you have a choice of which glove to wear - nitrile, marigold or leather, also no worries putting through a deep wash. I know someone who can get thin light leather MIG welding gloves which obviously leave the wrist area exposed - a pair of gauntlets sorts that for him

I did manage to find a pair of gauntlets with sleeves attached .

Don't you mean a pair of gauntlets with gloves attached?

 

[pargyle]

I wear wrist sweat bands at the end of my gloves ...seems to stop all but the most determined from crawling up my sleeves and you can see clearly when a bee is getting a bit adventurous. The bands go in the washing machine and they cost pennies on ebay ...I've a few pairs. I rather like the pastel pink ones - they don't get lost as easily as some colours.

I also had a sweatband round my head in the really hot days of last summer - stopped the sweat running into my eyes during inspections.

 

[Millet]

I wear wrist sweat bands at the end of my gloves ...seems to stop all but the most determined from crawling up my sleeves and you can see clearly when a bee is getting a bit adventurous. The bands go in the washing machine and they cost pennies on ebay ...I've a few pairs. I rather like the pastel pink ones - they don't get lost as easily as some colours.

I also had a sweatband round my head in the really hot days of last summer - stopped the sweat running into my eyes during inspections.

It is impossible for bees to climb up the sleeves of any of my three bee jackets as they all have elastic around the wrists which the nitrile gloves tightly fit over..

 

[pargyle]

It is impossible for bees to climb up the sleeves of any of my three bee jackets as they all have elastic around the wrists which the nitrile gloves tightly fit over..

They eventually stretch and get loose and even with the elastic straps that go round your thumb the sleeves can ride up a bit ... yours will probably get to that stage in time ...

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

They eventually stretch and get loose and even with the elastic straps that go round your thumb the sleeves can ride up a bit ... yours will probably get to that stage in time ...

Hence gauntlets. the cuff elastic on my aged BBwear suit died years ago and was then an issue when inspecting bare handed - gauntlets sorted that.

 

[Machonachos]

I use these: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B06XMQYHF4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_F42uCbKMBS6E8

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Yep. These are the ones I use. Cuff is long and wide enough to easily go over suit and get a solid bee-proof seal.




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[Murox]

I meant a glove with a lose wrist cover; and the extended cover reaching above the elbow with elasticated parts at wrist and elbow.

 

[Curley]

Yep. These are the ones I use. Cuff is long and wide enough to easily go over suit and get a solid bee-proof seal.

ALternatively these - £10 plus P&P but you are getting 100 rather than 50.

They are fairly robust too compared to the very cheap nitriles which don't always make it through an inspection.

 

[Gwr]

I tried marigolds but they didn’t fit like a glove and I tried several nitrile glove makes even the garage ones I found them to thin, so I wore a few pairs and too short so I buy the ones from Edd China who use to be on wheeler dealers, and his grease junkie webshop.

https://www.greasejunkie.com/extra-length-gloves/

They are tight so you can feel anything, they are thick so don’t get stung and they have a very long cuff like a marigold so I don’t need to worry about my wrists being stung.

They aren’t cheap at around £14 for a box but I get to wear them time and time again and you can wash your hands in them in warm water if they get sticky so when used for my 20 hives I’ve had a box for over 2 years ago and I’ve still got a few pairs left - I also use them when in the garage as well when working on my car and motorbike and they last for ages.

Worth a try in my opinion

 

[MartinL]

How do we all dispose of them?

I don't get visitors who have handled bees elsewhere & I handle swarms with a pair of maisie's blue rubber gloves, (with the cotton extensions) but surely, there's too much plastic waste in the open environment already?