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Mine is “you can’t both go on top” not unless you are closing a suit case!

music video features a little girl with glasses dancing aroung in a bumble bee suit. she finally finds a field with other children dressed as bees.

I installed my first package of bees yesterday, and started to panic a little when they all started flying around me. I kept my cool and finished the job, but after I got inside the house, removed my bee suit and veil, I had an anxiety attack!!

It took me a good two hours to calm down. And as it was getting darker, and I went out to check on the bees, one buzzed by my ear and I panicked again. I kept my cool, but my heart was racing!

I wonder if any other beekeepers felt this way when they started, and it gets better as you work with the bees and become more familiar with them. Or, am I just apiphobic and should give the whole enterprise up?

My husband used to do beekeeping but hasn’t for a while. He’s just starting to get back into it. Our 12 year old LOVES helping dad. But, of course he can’t yet help with everything because he doesn’t have his own bee suit. Everywhere I look the sizes for children’s bee suits stop at size 10-12, then it skips to adult size small. I would love to get a used suit if possible. Anyone know where I might find one, new or used in boys size 14-16?

Or would I be better off buying some fron an apiary supply place? I know that these Tyvek suits wont breath and are almost water tight