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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => EQUIPMENT USAGE, EXPERIMENTATION, HIVE PLANS, CONSTRUCTION TIPS AND TOOLS => Topic started by: Intheswamp on July 22, 2012, 05:31:18 pm

Title: Well....I finally did it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Intheswamp on July 22, 2012, 05:31:18 pm
....I washed my Golden Bee jacket!!!! ...with some prodding from my better half.  I'd forgot how white they look when they're clean!!! (except for a few spots of propolis) ...and how much better they smell, too!!! :-D

Ed
Title: Re: Well....I finally did it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: BlueBee on July 22, 2012, 07:02:05 pm
About time  :-D
Title: Re: Well....I finally did it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: AllenF on July 22, 2012, 09:15:42 pm
Believe it or not, I have never washed any of my bee jackets ever. 
Title: Re: Well....I finally did it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Intheswamp on July 22, 2012, 10:47:26 pm
BlueBee, it's kind of sad....it doesn't wave at me when I walk by it anymore. :yippiechick:

Allen, that explains it...I thought it was the county dump when an east wind blows.......  :-D

Ed
Title: Re: Well....I finally did it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Joe D on July 24, 2012, 07:10:54 pm
After you wash them, they sure seem to get dirtter quicker the next time.  But the bees don't seem to bee so fussy.lol



Joe
Title: Re: Well....I finally did it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Intheswamp on July 24, 2012, 07:22:38 pm
Interesting thought, Joe.  It does seem to maybe not have the "plastic sheen" it had when new...maybe the washing scuffs up the material a bit.  Another interesting thing for my jacket is that I've never put beeswax on the zippers and they were always a little stubborn at times.  After washing it the zippers seem much smoother....  :)

Ed