u/silver_surfer57

I wanted to see what beekeeping entails, so I recently joined a small group in Philly and have been helping out with beekeeping for a few months. One thing that really detracts from my experience is their insistence that no one wears gloves. Their feeling is that if you wear gloves, you aren't as careful handling the hives. What is ironic to me is that, at every session, the handlers themselves get stung several times.

I really want to continue working with them, but the constant fear of getting stung really puts me off. I'm curious if this practice of not wearing gloves is common in the beekeeping community?

Update: Thanks so much for all the replies. It gave me the confidence to insist on being allowed to wear nitrile gloves and they were ok with me doing that.

Back in the day, I was a big fan of this game, though it was really hard. Looks like they'll be doing a lot more than updating graphics. I think it'll play great on Steam Deck.

We have an old Hayward H240 gas pool heater, which works fine, but is pretty expensive to run. Received a quote to put in a Raypak 406 400k BTU for $6,600. The pool is 22k gallons.

Is it worth replacing? Am I going to save enough in the long run?