Protective Clothing Descriptive Transcript Summary: Nancy Bradbury discusses the different forms of protective clothing used at the apiary. 00:00 - 00:28 [The video opens with footage of someone putting a protective veil on their head. The text “Protective Clothing” fades in. The video transitions to a montage of seven shots showcasing honey bees and different elements of the research centre, ending with footage of a bee taking off from a yellow flower as the logo for the Honey Bee Research Centre fades in.] 00:28 - 01:30 [Wide shot of Nancy Bradbury speaking outside at the apiary.] Nancy Bradbury: Today's video we are going to concentrate on talking about protective clothing. As you can see I am in grey coveralls. This covers my whole entire body. I prefer the colour grey because it doesn't show the dirt as much. These are 100% cotton so they are cool for working in and they have lots of different types of pockets for storing stuff. They are quite easy to wash and care for. 1:00 - 01:11 Nancy: With coveralls we also use a ventilated mesh helmet that has an adjustable band inside. [Nancy picks up nearby beige mesh helmet and places it on her head.] 01:11 - 01:51 [Nancy holds folding veil.] Nancy: Then we use a square folding veil with black steel mesh and drawstring pulls. So I'm going to show you how to put that on. The largest rectangle goes over your face. You are going to pull this down over your collar. [Nancy pulls drawstrings over collar.] Using this drawstring you pull it straight down and cross it, [Nancy pulls draw strings behind her back and crosses them.] bring it back in front and tie it in a bow. 01:51 - 02:27 Nancy: To keep bees from crawling up your legs and up your arms, we use a couple of different methods. You can either use a Velcro strap, you can use tape, which is fast and effective, and with your ankles you can either pull your socks up or use tape. [Nancy displays use of Velcro and tape on her wrists, and socks and tape on her ankles.] We never use protective gloves in day-to-day bee keeping. We just reserve these [Nancy picks up long white gloves] for when we are moving bees at night to prevent getting stung and these will protect you right up to your elbows. 02:27 - 02:56 Nancy: So now I am going to show you two different types of protective clothing. [Camera pans over to individual in white full-body suit.] First we have Wendy in a sheriff suit, so it is a one-piece suit with a double zipper and the veil attaches and detaches and you are pretty protected in that, pretty much 100% protected in that. The only thing is that it can cause over heating a bit. 02:56 - 03:46 [Camera pans over to individual wearing a veil and denim apron.] Nancy: And then Dave is using an example of an apron arrangement with minimal protection. This keeps your clothes free of wax and propolis because it will stain your clothes and you can't get it out. 03:11 - 03:46. [Camera returns to wide shot of Nancy wearing grey coveralls and mesh veil.] Nancy: It's always best to use light coloured clothing in the bee yard. Bees are attracted to shiny objects, so you should leave your sunglasses in your vehicle. If you have long hair it is best to tie it back and the same goes for jewelry. If you have long dangly earrings they shouldn't be worn. And if you get stung on your hand and your finger swells up, it could result in your ring needing to be cut off your finger, so it is best to leave your jewelry at home. 03:46 - 04:04 Nancy: If you do get a bee in your veil what you do is you turn your face towards upwards towards the sun and the bee will also orient towards the sun and you just simply go in and pick it out and throw it off to the side. If this doesn't work don't panic walk away from the active bee area, don't flail your arms, and just simply remove your veil, and then you can pick the bee out.