This evening I went looking for the wild hive I know exists on our property. I eventually found it in an abandoned farm building. Against my better judgement because it was misty and overcast, I got the bright idea to suit up and try to rob some for my nephews birthday present. So I suited up in my ultra breeze suit, wrapped my injured hands and put on two layers of leather gloves, put on my boots, and went with my smoker to do this. All started out well. Smoked them they calmed but when I went in and cut out a chunk of comb they went wild. 20-30 on my mask crawling up my suit trying to sting my hand where I held the comb. I threw the comb in a bag, tossed it in the back of my truck and drove away still in my bee suit. Finally after about 30 yards the last flew out of my truck window and I stopped and undressed and thought aobut my disaster. Some where still in teh bag but I will just let them suffocate. Throughout the whole ordeal I was never stung actually. The Ultra Breeze is a life saver pretty much plus the double gloves and leather boots tonight.
So besides the weather, what did I do wrong, are all bees this aggressive when harvesting honey, and these bees are about 2-3 shades darker than my Italians.