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    Default Let's talk bee suits.

    I seem to be going through suits every other year at the moment. I found the cause of bees in my hood the other day on one suit, the mesh has almost completely disintegrated on my fencer veil smock from Maisemore:



    Granted that's now 4 years old, but I checked the veil on my newer, no name (but not cheap) full suit and it is also starting to go after one full season and I suspect it won't last a great deal longer.

    In both cases the mesh is plastic/nylon which seems to go brittle and starts to snap.

    I was having a look at some suits last night.

    Having tried a full suit, it's a lot of hassle when you've only got a couple of hives so was going to go back to a smock type affair,

    I noticed a few people recently using the bee basic astronaut smock:


    I also looked at Sherriff and BB wear as other possible candidates.

    What are others using/recommend preferably that will last a good few years or at least has a replaceable hood/veil?
    Last edited by Neils; 09-05-2012 at 01:46 PM. Reason: Links and Pics added for information.

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