I just saw a video of a woman not wearing any sort of suit or protective clothing moving a whole beehive, and even going as far as scooping up bees with her hands. I always feel like anytime I’m even close to a bee I might get stung. How do they avoid it?
In: Biology
There are bees and there are bees.
I’ve had other keepers laugh at my protective gear, but then I get to laugh at them as they run furiously for the barn swatting at my girls.
I’ve been around hives with no gear on at all, next to keepers doing the same thing, moving the bees around with their bare hands. Nobody got stung. But I’ve also stood 30 feet from a hive and literally watched a bee leave it and make a bee-line (now I know where the phrase came from) for my nose…stinger first. Just like a bullet.
But unless I’m working them (or mowing too close to the hive) they are often buzzing around in my workshop with me and everybody is fine.
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