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yummersetter

Joined: 26 Jan 2008
Posts: 3241
Location: Somerset

Posted: Fri May 29, 09 2:35 pm Post subject: Beesuit suppliers

Maybe we need a beekeepers resources page? (apologies if there is one I haven't found)
We're in the birthday season and I've asked for a beesuit and to be allowed to have a key to the beehouse

Up to now we've worked together all week but kept our 'interests' completely separate so I haven't intruded on the beekeeping, and OH doesn't touch the vegetable garden but now we're working apart and happier to share together our home tasks. It's 12 years since we bought a beesuit (full cover) and designs and suppliers have evolved, and I'd like my own rather than whatever's lying around for visitors - what do you recommend, and are colours better than white? At least we'd know then which one's mine!

joanne

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 7100
Location: Morecambe, Lancashire

Posted: Fri May 29, 09 2:45 pm Post subject:
Thoroughly recommend https://www.bbwear.co.uk/ - Excellent quality suits and cheaper than BJ Sheriff - I like the taupe coloured one - the bee's ignore my daughter in it completely

yummersetter

Joined: 26 Jan 2008
Posts: 3241
Location: Somerset

Posted: Fri May 29, 09 4:11 pm Post subject:
how's the polyester version, anyone got one? Also, I'm not in the proportions they do and if it fitted me bosomwise it would have leg lengths that were way too long

joanne

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 7100
Location: Morecambe, Lancashire

Posted: Fri May 29, 09 4:31 pm Post subject:
Well BBWear do tops and bottoms as separates so you could get them seperately However I don't fit in their suits either so I bought a green boiler suit from ebay and bought a separate hood from BBWear - Works well

Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Fri May 29, 09 5:29 pm Post subject:
I use a BBwear vest & can't find any faults. The guy used to work for Sherriff before setting up on his own (both based in Cornwall). I use an old heavy cotton boiler suit over it, cheaper than buying a full suit or jacket.

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35935
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Fri May 29, 09 7:03 pm Post subject:
If you go the 'heavy cotton boiler suit' route, remember to check to see if it has slits in the side so that mechanics can get to their wallets and hankies and if it does, SEW THEM UP. Just sayin'.

Mrs Baggins

Joined: 21 Sep 2008
Posts: 837
Location: West Kent

Posted: Fri May 29, 09 8:07 pm Post subject:
I went for a Sheriff Apiarist suit with leather gauntlets. All in one piece. Handy pockets. Supposedly good quality. The seams came apart on mine at the crotch after just a month and my husband got stung 15 times thru his during inspection of an angry hive.

joanne

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 7100
Location: Morecambe, Lancashire

Posted: Fri May 29, 09 9:08 pm Post subject:
I sewed Velcro onto the pockets of my boiler suit when I realised there was big holes in the side of my suit - thankfully I found it before the bees did

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