So what they say about glasses is true

[madasafish]

I wear glasses all the time beekeeping. I never wear them when cutting grass beside or under hives. Bees ignore my face.

They used not to ignore my hands and stung me when beekeeping several times in a row on bare hands.. (rarely use gloves). After two years I changed from using a scented handwash to Imperial Leather soap before beekeeping. Guess what ? No more stings on hands.

I suggest Nellie changes her scent or shampoo or whatever..:-)

[EmsE]

I can't comment on glasses, but curly hair is a nightmare with the bees. When they get caught in it they are stuck buzzing around for ages as I try to get them before being stung, which I haven't managed to do yet

[Neils]

The secret is to give the general vicinity of the buzzing a good hard slap. This should achieve two things:

1) It kills the bee.

2) It gives you the smack on the head you need to remind you to tie your hair back/cover it up next time

[EmsE]

.....Or even to remind me to wait an extra 2 minutes To make sure there's no bees on the back of my bee suit before taking it off. I'm guilty of assuming that if I can't hear a bee the coast must be clear

[Bumble]

I'm guilty of assuming that if I can't hear a bee the coast must be clear

So that's why we keep getting bees in the kitchen!