Nitrile gloves - supply and demand

[Harmonycottage]

Gloves

I use this company, black ones are in stock in all sizes, from £4.90 a box of 100

The tattoo shop

 

[madasafish]

My point exactly

If I buy nitriles that are an exact fit, on a hot day like Saturday 22C, my hands sweat so much I cannot remove them. I buy one size larger (XL instead of L) and they go on easily and are much more easily removable..even on hot days with sweaty hands.The estra size appears to make no difference to ease of use.

I wash all my nitriles - unless torn - and re-use in the same apiary only. Then I wash again and use for painting/messy dirty jobs .

But I use very few nitriles anyway - a resort for stingy bees (before marigolds or marigolds plus nitriles) My last box - bought in September 2019 - still has approx 50 left (long cuffs).

 

[Popparand]

Sainsburys sell their own brand of washing up gloves £2.65 a pair. I use cotton liners to soak up the sweat and then just rinse them through afterwards. Bees hardly ever sting me through them.

I wear leather gloves with canvas sleeves... and the bees NEVER sting me (even when they try).

 

[Swarm]

Crikey, all this talk about using nitriles more than once. I use X/L and find they either break around the thumb/palm junction during inspecting or if they don't, they usually break trying to get them off in one piece. Once hands start to sweat I can forget about getting another pair on.

 

[Madge]

... Once hands start to sweat I can forget about getting another pair on.

I mentioned before (this threat or a previous one: sprinkle your hands with odourless talcum powder (for example, as used by rock climbers).

 

[Erichalfbee]

Once hands start to sweat I can forget about getting another pair on.

Talcum powder

 

[pargyle]

Crikey, all this talk about using nitriles more than once. I use X/L and find they either break around the thumb/palm junction during inspecting or if they don't, they usually break trying to get them off in one piece. Once hands start to sweat I can forget about getting another pair on.

Yes .. I can rarely get a pair to last through to the end of the inspection .. I tend to wear a pair of marigolds and put a pair of nitriles on top .. for hygiene more than fear of being stung ... as well, if they do fall apart then it's easier to get a fresh pair on top of the marigolds than it is sweaty hands .. talcum powder does work but it's one more thing to cart around and fiddle with when you want to just get on.

My little darlings propolise for England and I get incredibly sticky with the stuff and the nitriles just help a bit. I do keep a bucket of washing soda in warm water alongside for cleaning my hands and the hive tool and that does make life easier.

 

[Angry_Mob]

I use this company, black ones are in stock in all sizes, from £4.90 a box of 100

The tattoo shop

Black gloves to a bee is like a red rag to a bull. Better off with lighter colours.

 

[GuyNir]

Black gloves to a bee is like a red rag to a bull. Better off with lighter colours.

Trying to take my iPhone out mid inspection is like a suicide mission. Bees simply don’t like black...

 

[Erichalfbee]

Black gloves to a bee is like a red rag to a bull. Better off with lighter colours.

I had to order some recently and the only ones to fit Stan are pink.

 

[pargyle]

I had to order some recently and the only ones to fit Stan are pink.

It takes a real man to wear pink tell him ...

 

[WalterVandervort]

I ended up with 100 gloves from Amazon. 14$

 

[tammybrown]

Gloves for food processing and work in the kitchen have certain selection criteria: The glove material must be safe in contact with food, the presence of harmful substances in the composition, the possibility of their dissolution and transfer upon contact is excluded. ... Nitrile gloves are the most suitable option for the food industry, they are quite dense and resistant to tearing, are not afraid of contact with fat, chlorine substances, esters, solvents and aggressive components, do not cause allergies. Have a good grip. Suitable for reusable use. Recently , popular medrux.com and I also think that this is one of the best firms.

 

[IndiBee]

Just be careful where you get them from. USED, blood stained ones are on sale!!
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/10/24/...us-thailand-investigation-cmd-intl/index.html

 

[Erichalfbee]

Just as well I use pink ones

 

[Apiarisnt]

There are nitrile gloves and then there are nitrile gloves. I would not care to use the flimsy, thin, cheap ones when inspecting colonies

These are a bit thicker, more robust, longer sleeved and for me are better for the job:

https://www.hygienedepot.co.uk/product/ultrasafe-violet-nitrile-glove-long-cuff

 

[user 819]

Fortunately I tend to by stuff in greater numbers and have flocked nitrile marigolds (20 pack) and several boxes of nitriles bought 4 or 5 years ago.

The Ansell flocked glove is an under glove and I use the thinner nitrile as an over glove, I get a about two seasons use out of the flocked glove.