So what they say about glasses is true

[Neils]

Bees really don't like them do they:

Adriiiiiaaaan!

Wasn't particularly near the hives, hadn't opened them, was just standing around debating where to plant some stuff and zap!

[HJBee]

I am assuming you mean spectacles? I had not heard that one. I wear glasses 90% of the time - looks like I need to stock up on more contact lenses!

[Jon]

I wear specs 100% of the time and I reckon they prevent the odd sting from a colliding bee.

[Neils]

New to specs, but I was told that sparkly reflected sun light and bees sometimes don't mix, sunday they definitely didn't.

[Jon]

I would move that to the myths thread! I had never heard that before.
I have worn specs since I was about 6 or seven years old and grew up playing in a back garden with about a dozen bee hives in it.
(And no I didn't grow up on an Estate like Balmoral or Sandringham. We played football with mates rather than shooting grouse.)
More than anything else I remember getting stung on occasion when a bee got trapped in my hair, and sadly that is not even a problem these days.

[Rosie]

I suspect that if you wear glasses and are daft enough to do an inspection without a veil they get caught up behind the lenses. I learned the hard way but once bitten twice shy so have not tried to get a statistically significant number of instances to say it's a general rule!

Rosie

[gavin]

Bees do seem to have an inkling that eyes are things to aim for and maybe the specs are irrelevant? On occasion when I have a cranky colony you'll find bees aiming for the smoker spout.

We need a controlled experiment. Let's wave a bespectacled and an unencumbered face over the top bars and see if there is a difference. Maybe we could conduct the experiment in September? I have just the colony

[Jon]

Steve:
Does that 'tache of yours attract or repel bees?

[Neils]

Bees and hair definitely don't mix!

This little bugger didn't go to the eyes, it hit me immediately and right on the edge of the glass lens.No buzzing about, no warning of any sort.

[Rosie]

Long hair is often a problem when bees get caught up by accident and then panic but I have never had 'tache problems, at least not with bees.

Rosie