. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. September 1, 1881.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. *5 BEE GLOVES. The discussion on the relative merits of india- rubber, as compared with other gloves, induced us to recommend that knitted cotton or worsted gloves, covered with gauntleted ' Berlins,' be used, and having been tried and approved, we have had a quantity of the latter made of extra length, to come about half-way up the arm, and effectually prevent bees getting-' ivp the sleeve.' In dealing with our Syrians the other day we found them specially iiseful; the bees had punished one of
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. September 1, 1881.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. *5 BEE GLOVES. The discussion on the relative merits of india- rubber, as compared with other gloves, induced us to recommend that knitted cotton or worsted gloves, covered with gauntleted ' Berlins,' be used, and having been tried and approved, we have had a quantity of the latter made of extra length, to come about half-way up the arm, and effectually prevent bees getting-' ivp the sleeve.' In dealing with our Syrians the other day we found them specially iiseful; the bees had punished one of our juniors considerably, and driven him away to pick out the stings about his wrists, but covered with the gloves which we had dipped in water when on, not a bee touched them, except in two instances, to suck up the moisture. The gloves are little more than half the price (per double pair) of the India-rubbers, and there is the advantage that any needlewoman can repair them. In warm weather, when wetted with water, they are a real luxury as compared with those in which the hands are bathed in their own perspiration. They are the best protection we know of, the bees do not try to sting them; if they did they could scarcely sting through them, and sup- posing that to have happened, the poison would be diluted considerably by the water in the gloves. If they were wetted with an alkaline solution, there would be perfect immunity, for the attempt to sting would bring acid and alkali into contact, and the bee would get a serious ' blowing up' from the explosion of the generated gas. What fun it would be if the attempt to sting shoidd thus recoil on the stinging end of the bee! THE ' ROBBER PREVENTER.' We regret that through the misplacement of the award card at the late South Kensington Show we were led to suppose a bronze medal had been awarded to this invention, mentioned in our last issue. The prize was awarded for our new Spring Self-fitting Division-board, and our Bee-keeper's
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