[Monkadelic]

I learned yesterday that stings will not penetrate Doc Martens boots! That makes me think that combat boots would be very suitable.

 

[Nabber86]

Sandals for me, but I usually make the fashion faux pas of wearing white gym socks with them. So far, the bees seem totally uninterested in my feet. I also dont worry about the bee up the pants leg (or higher) thing. The elastic leg cuffs of my bee suit are still really strong. My hands and the gap between my short gloves and the wrist cuffs is where the problems occur.

 

[Katharina]

I live in a cooler climate so I dress up a little bit more naturally. Plus I have low blow pressure so I freeze a lot too. For beekeeping I use an old pair of hiking boots, that just go up over the ankle. I like them because they support my feet on the uneven terrain. I wear sweat pants and just tuck them into the boot. I would not put it over the boots, because bees crawl up and not down. On quick work I sometimes do wear slip on shoes and never had an issue. Boots are a must when I do move deeps for inspections, that is when you can expect some bees on the ground. I wear a 5 dollar sweater from Walmart, but home made veil over a large rim hat, and kitchen gloves. Was worked well for me and I do not own a bee suit.

 

[Nabber86]

The very first time I visited my hives I wore knee-high rubber boots with pant legs tucked in and several layers of duct tape applied about the knee to close the gap between pants and boot. Serious overkill, but if you dont want to get stung in the feet or have bees crawling up your legs, I can all but gaurantee that it will work.

 

[Paul McCarty]

I learned yesterday that stings will not penetrate Doc Martens boots! That makes me think that combat boots would be very suitable.

Glad to see someone else wearing Doc's while doing bees. I wear my Doc Marten shoes with no problem, just make sure I have on thick socks.

 

[StevenG]

Boots, jeans, duct tape.

 

[Monkadelic]

Paul, yeah... Docs with no socks can be uncomfortable. The tag is really itchy. I love my old (13 years old, I think) boots, and they are darn near water tight. Plus in the all-white bee suit, a pair of purplish Docs makes me a feel a bit more fashionable

 

[dragonfly]

I wear tall rubber boots with my pants tucked in and duct tape at the top to seal the boots, but my bees are hot, so I don't take chances.

 

[Stephen]

Not many things I don't do in sandals during the spring, summer, and fall. Including beekeeping. Occasionally I'll go barefoot but it gets a bit "fowl" when the chickens are out.

 

[Risky Beesness]

Lace up boots, shorts, t-shirt, and Ultrabreeze suit. Water soaked head to toe in the summer.

 

[DixieLee]

Me too! I actually think a friend of mine may have pictures! A not too pretty but funny sight!

 

[guyross]

Its distracting to have a bee fly up my pant legs not to mention others seeing me shaking my leg while I hold a frame of bees. I got some long Velcro ties used to organize wires to put around my ankles. I have worn flip flops and they don't seem interested in my feet. Maybe its the odor.

 

[RiodeLobo]

I wanna see a show of hands, how many of y'all have ever done the Beekeepers Jig? Vocals included? I have, I have.

I have, I have.
With an audience:banana:
:gh:

 

[BeeGhost]

If im just checking the bees quickly I wear shorts and flip flops with a long sleeve white shirt and viel. If I am doing something other than that I wear my work boots, jeans and inspectors jacket/veil combo. I have had a bee crawl up through my shorts, felt it and slowly back away from the hive and pinched the bee inside my shorts..........one bee down but I have plenty more!!

My bee gloves were chewed up by a **** rat, so I used light blue latex gloves and the bees dont seem to mind them at all, will use those from now on!! I wish they made the needle proof gloves in another color other than black, that would be awesome!!

 

[Duboisi]

If im just checking the bees quickly I wear shorts and flip flops with a long sleeve white shirt and viel. If I am doing something other than that I wear my work boots, jeans and inspectors jacket/veil combo. I have had a bee crawl up through my shorts, felt it and slowly back away from the hive and pinched the bee inside my shorts..........one bee down but I have plenty more!!

My bee gloves were chewed up by a **** rat, so I used light blue latex gloves and the bees dont seem to mind them at all, will use those from now on!! I wish they made the needle proof gloves in another color other than black, that would be awesome!!

If you think of nitril gloves, they come in many different colours. I think they all have higher puncture resistance than latex. (IOW that it's one of the properties of nitrile, no matter what application it's used for.)

BTW: I thought that blue was the "signature" color of nitrile gloves, as I had only seen blue ones until I did this search.

 

[greif]

I started with 2 hives in spring and at first worked with no protection... no problem. well after about 6 weeks one of the hives must have had the new broad from new queen coming out and boy are they mean! just take the telescoping and inner cover off bam attack, attack. well I had been wearing full suit but old sneaker that had holes in........ suprizing how many can fly/ crawl in those holes that fast... ouch

well if they survive winter they are getting new queens

 

[honeyshack]

Steel toe work boots, and if it is wet out from rain or melted snow, rubber boots. Prefer the work boots though. Nothing like a good fitting boot to protect the feet from falling objects....like full a full honey super, or heavy brood chamber.