To veil or not is the question. Discuss

[Anduril]

Surely a beekeepers familiarity/tolerance to stings could be easily explained ( it was to me with regards to the fact that facial stings tend to swell far more.)
When you learn to climb your lead climber does so with far less protection from his falls, this does not promote poor practice in climbing.

Lead by example springs to mind.

 

[MartinL]

When you learn to climb your lead climber does so with far less protection from his falls, this does not promote poor practice in climbing.

But a lead is still connected to a rope which, in turn is belayed by the second.
Our unveiled mate is in affect free climbing a precipitous final pitch he believes to be a v-diff, but has one or two E1 moves at the crux!

 

[Hunajavelho]

Here in Finland we had last weekend the pleasure of listening to Josef Stich from Austria telling us about organic beekeeping in Austria running 350 hives and some hundred nucs. He was only wearing a cowboy hat when working the apiaries and the whole family, wife and couple of children, all without any protection. All wear smiling.

Edit. The hat was for sun and rain protection, he said.

 

[B+.]

Here in Finland we had last weekend the pleasure of listening to Josef Stich from Austria telling us about organic beekeeping in Austria running 350 hives and some hundred nucs. He was only wearing a cowboy hat when working the apiaries and the whole family, wife and couple of children, all without any protection. All wear smiling.

Edit. The hat was for sun and rain protection, he said.

It would be wonderful if we all had bees like that

 

[Eyeman]

I think we have all been conditioned by those early years spent in the local teaching apiary- you weren't allowed in unless you wore a veil!

 

[Finman]

.
When I work with bees, shirt and thousers become soon dirty by honey. It is handy to change a new clothes then.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

He was only wearing a cowboy hat when working the apiaries

He'd be lucky not to be arrested over here for that - especially with children present.

 

[B+.]

He'd be lucky not to be arrested over here for that - especially with children present.

Why? What do you mean?

 

[SWEET]

The thought of a barbed sting ripping my eyeball apart as the bee tries to pull it out is enough for me .

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3236715/

Grim .

 

[Swarm]

Why? What do you mean?

Think about it.

 

[user 6228]

Yea, like taking your 5 year old up the side of Llyn Idwal in Nike's best waterproof trainers Burberry cap & NO F!!ck176 MAP!

Years ago, this would have been an example of natural selection.
Now it's just a strain on funds (and employment for the 2nd in line to the throne).

Cmon Llyn Idwal is only stroll from the car park.you hardly need a map for that or more than trainers.

its not going up Tryfan in the snow without an ice axe

Derek (4 years @Bangor, including 3 years @Tregarth)

 

[Millet]

Think about it.

Some folk must lead a sheltered life..

 

[B+.]

Think about it.

There is no crime. What could he be arrested over?

You should understand that the bees in Germany/Austria he is talking about are different to the bees we have here.

 

[Millet]

There is no crime. What could he be arrested over?

You should understand that the bees in Germany/Austria he is talking about are different to the bees we have here.

Dear lord lol .. so if you walked around your apiary only wearing a cowboy hat would you say that is ok..

 

[Erichalfbee]

Dear lord lol .. so if you walked around your apiary only wearing a cowboy hat would you say that is ok..

A girlfriend and I were once hiking the Pembroke Coastal Path. The route took us past a pretty cottage where an old chap was cutting the hedge in exactly that attire. The trouble was he was on the road side of the hedge.....It certainly took us both by surprise!

 

[B+.]

Dear lord lol .. so if you walked around your apiary only wearing a cowboy hat would you say that is ok..

You should watch this https://youtu.be/2uhngpYhk6o?t=2m53s

A couple of years ago, Prof Brascamp came to inspect my stock as part of his role as BeeBreed NL Breeding supervisor (https://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/album.php?albumid=751&pictureid=3734). I offered him a beesuit but he declined....so we inspected them without them

I am not saying that everyone has stock that would be suitable for this.

 

[Millet]

A girlfriend and I were once hiking the Pembroke Coastal Path. The route took us past a pretty cottage where an old chap was cutting the hedge in exactly that attire. The trouble was he was on the road side of the hedge.....It certainly took us both by surprise!

Classic you have me in tears here..

 

[Millet]

You should watch this https://youtu.be/2uhngpYhk6o?t=2m53s

A couple of years ago, Prof Brascamp came to inspect my stock as part of his role as BeeBreed NL Breeding supervisor (https://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/album.php?albumid=751&pictureid=3734). I offered him a beesuit but he declined....so we inspected them without them

I am not saying that everyone has stock that would be suitable for this.

For the love of god do you not get it.. they all have clothes on in your links..

 

[B+.]

For the love of god do you not get it.. they all have clothes on in your links..

I do.
You have a dirty mind. Nothing so perverse was intended in this post https://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/showpost.php?p=618198&postcount=23

 

[Millet]

I do.
You have a dirty mind. Nothing so perverse was intended in this post https://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/showpost.php?p=618198&postcount=23

If i have a dirty mind so does Jenkins for pointing the quote out in the first place, and so do probably over half of the forum members... when i say members i mean people who are on the forum by the way Not something in your budgie smugglers..chill man it is something called friendly humor.