I use bare hands for everything unless I have a particularly grumpy colony to deal with and fortunately they are few and far between these days. I have a tendency to lose scissors though and have tried various ones as a result and they all seem to work adequately, even the scissors on a Micro Leathermans and a cheap Chinese look-alike. However, I bought a shears type at the end of last season and this thread has reminded me to find it and finally put it in my bee tool box. The advantage I can see with it is that when in use the lower blade is stationary so that it can be placed under and in contact with the wing so that the top one can be lowered over the wing tip without disturbing its position. I try to do that with scissors but it's not so easy.