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rhyddid

Joined: 30 Jan 2005
Posts: 228

Posted: Thu Dec 04, 08 12:30 pm Post subject: Cleaning Bee Basic Suit
Hi Folks, I'm having a difficult time detaching the hood from a Bee Basic beesuit. https://www.beebasic.co.uk/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=4 Does any one know how to detach the hood on this so that I can wash it ? I've spoken to the makers, and they've confirmed the hood is detachable.

marigold

Joined: 02 Sep 2005
Posts: 12458
Location: West Sussex

Posted: Thu Dec 04, 08 1:16 pm Post subject:
Can't the makers tell you how to detach the hood .

yummersetter

Joined: 26 Jan 2008
Posts: 3241
Location: Somerset

Posted: Thu Dec 04, 08 1:26 pm Post subject:
You may already know this, but beware of perfume in whatever you use to wash it, it can make the bees very cross, (with good reason, I reckon ) so rinse well.

rhyddid

Joined: 30 Jan 2005
Posts: 228

Posted: Thu Dec 04, 08 1:30 pm Post subject:

marigold wrote:

Can't the makers tell you how to detach the hood

Umm. She told me to make a cup of tea, sit down and undo the hood with patience.

I think she may have give me the Women's Instructions for doing this. I'll have to ring her back and explain I need a more basic set of instructions.

marigold

Joined: 02 Sep 2005
Posts: 12458
Location: West Sussex

Posted: Thu Dec 04, 08 1:44 pm Post subject:

rhyddid wrote:

marigold wrote:

Can't the makers tell you how to detach the hood

Is it really so dirty it needs washing??

alison
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Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 12918
Location: North Devon

Posted: Thu Dec 04, 08 3:18 pm Post subject:
On my astronaught bee suit, different one in their range you just carefully unzip it round.

Mrs Fiddlesticks

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 10460

Posted: Thu Dec 04, 08 3:19 pm Post subject:

marigold wrote:

Is it really so dirty it needs washing??

they need regular washings. If you've been stung on the suit even if it didn't get through then there is chance of a a pheromone being left that will make you very likely to get stung again.

Has the zip got stuck somewhere then?

marigold

Joined: 02 Sep 2005
Posts: 12458
Location: West Sussex

Posted: Thu Dec 04, 08 3:37 pm Post subject:

Mrs Fiddlesticks wrote:

marigold wrote:

Is it really so dirty it needs washing??

they need regular washings. If you've been stung on the suit even if it didn't get through then there is chance of a a pheromone being left that will make you very likely to get stung again.

You learn something new every day on DS

. Thanks, Mrs F.

SarahB

Joined: 09 Sep 2007
Posts: 869
Location: South Wales

Posted: Thu Dec 04, 08 3:46 pm Post subject:

rhyddid wrote:

I think she may have give me the Women's Instructions for doing this. I'll have to ring her back and explain I need a more basic set of instructions.

yummersetter wrote:

You may already know this, but beware of perfume in whatever you use to wash it, it can make the bees very cross, (with good reason, I reckon ) so rinse well.

Soap nuts? They're pretty much odour free.

rhyddid

Joined: 30 Jan 2005
Posts: 228

Posted: Sat Dec 06, 08 8:31 pm Post subject:

marigold wrote:

rhyddid wrote:

marigold wrote:

Can't the makers tell you how to detach the hood

Is it really so dirty it needs washing??

That's the kind of no-nonsense thinking I am trying to develop.

Yes. I now pronounce my bee suit clean enough not to require any more fiddling with the bloody zip.

Thank you.

chez

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

Posted: Sat Dec 06, 08 8:38 pm Post subject:
Could you sponge-clean any bits that were dirty, or where you got stung? I just bung ours in the washing machine with washing soda, though.

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