Professional Beekeeping Suit Outfit Apiarist Full Body Suit Beekeeping Jacket with Gloves&Ventilated Hood Beekeeper Hat with Netting Protection for Backyard Beginner Beekeepers (XL)

the PRICE AND VALUE quality was GREAT! I couldn't believe the quality for the price really.I don't plan to use it much just for the occasional wasp nest. so if I use it once a year that's plenty (and more than I want to do LOL). the security of knowing the yellow jacket nest wouldn't be able to get me and still it was nerve wracking. Being hermetically sealed (lol) feels much better.The suit seems well made and the zippers went under a velco tab where they all meet. good elastic on pant legs and on arms. the gloves are nice with good elastic seals and quite long gauntlets. the glove wrists seem kinda thin (and it is a tight point) so I think these gloves and the wrist might not stop stings (if you let em land and go for it), the gloves seem like a thin leather. that wrist seems to be the only weak spot but its not bad since you can kill one if it goes for your hand or cover the wrist with all the extra material fold , its the blind spots or in your face that they go for that's a killer, if you don't have a suit. that being the case I just used the extra long material to cover the wrist on the glove gauntlet seam area. the suit is reasonably thick but again i wouldn't trust it against a sting you want it loose and space between your flesh so I wore a hat and a jacket in case any area on my back and neck scalp might get close. put rubber boot one and taped the paint elastic. heck I put on a old thin snow suit under it as well so nothing can get me if i bend or squat in the legs etc. its probably overkill but they are sneaky aggressive suckers.I add that its much thicker than a tyveck paint suit, maybe 16th inch thick folded over fabric well done seams, tight or solid weave material.WHY I WANTED THE SUIT?!In my youth no problem...nowadays difficult. they fly sneaky, not really a warning buzz like a bee so didn't hear em when working and hard to see, guess they fight bears and such so they will go for your soft parts and try to get into seams. one got me... killed one that climbed inside my cloths and stung me. the other guards came straight at me repeatedly...flying low to the floor since few made it to kitchen where I jogged to... What I didn't know... what those two where! because it was fire fly season, so just tried to push it away a couple times and not hurt the goofy low flying thing. as fire flies seem to be getting rare and children love to see them in the neighborhood...my wife got stung, then I got stung twice over about 3 months. it was summer so...IT WAS WAR!!!!what you might expect and try if you don't have suit and get stung:those stings HURT and they trick you. when wife got stung she felt like her bone was shocked. me getting stung month later ...i am like maybe they don't hurt me nothing going on with the sting site...HAH like as time went on it hurt worse and worse and painkiller didn't help then it swelled up hurt like 2 months. second time one got my hand wasn't as bad don't know if it was less of a sting or the 91 iso alcohol, vinegar or the digging it out, squeezing, ice or everything I tried or just better circulation there certainly itched next week though.some things that might help others:I am no expert first time dealing with this ...if you got money call a pro. but if your like me... I did a lot of research. YELLOW JACKET HUNTING ADVICE. wait till its night time (possibly a full moon better light) or barely earliest lighting the morning. if its cold that is great. They are all huddled in the nest and colder the better they took forever to come out, we had a 45 7.22c degree night after a 85 29.44c day lol and I messed with nest a lot. they claim they don't get as annoyed by a red light so can use that. oh and if possible have some sort of way of knowing a reference point where the nest is or you may not be able to find it at night. yellow jackets are more aggressive in fall since workers are getting ready to die and only the queen and a drone will over winter.so use some insect dust in a puff where they land to go into nest and into nest if you can, so the workers will drag it in and the queen will eat it, so you don't end up with her and more nests next year. insect dust takes time to kill (a day maybe for the already hatched) so the workers will still be active...which is what you want...you kill the workers too quick the queen will live. you might have to dust em twice. so the suit allows you the extra safety factor it they do come out or even swarm you..which would likely be serious or kill you.you never know quality control on these things off the net or stores nowadays, so make sure you check out all the seam etc when you get it.my wife and I have never been stung in our life from yellow jackets...so I hope this helps some people.the suit again is highly recommended !!! its not a beekeeper pro thing I wouldn't think, those cost a lot of money lol, but it does a great job for the price. thank you whomever made this!!!

I am not a bee keeper. I got this to protect me from some bees in my attic. This was a great deal since the bee veil was built into the suit and it came with bee gloves. It was a little difficult to get the suit on, but once I got it on it worked great. I probably should have gone with a size larger they what I actually thought I needed. Suit worked perfectly. I did have bees on me, but no stings or any other problem. Suit appears to be good quality, but since I am not a bee keeper I have no idea how well it would hold up to daily use.

At 6'0" and 200 lbs, I needed the XXL size (see sizing chart). The suit worked fine on the first use, though the XXL gloves do not fit my XL hands. If you're in the same situation, you'll probably have to buy larger gloves separately through Amazon or Home Depot. I haven't done this yet but hope it will do the trick.

We had a beehive in our attic. They were going in through the attic vent which has a metal mesh covering. My husband had to go into the attic and remove the hive and the bees. He was angrily attacked, but not one sting. He felt very safe, comfortable and protected in this suit! Thank you!

Put on correctly, this is a great suit for the value. I wear a ball cap to keep the front from pressing against my face and a blade less fan around my neck to keep my face cool.

Love suit! Lightweight for summer.

I bought the extra-large and I'm 6'2 and weigh 230 lbs. and it fit perfect. Didn't get stung by a bee once.

I loved the suit but the veil was really bad. I was stung 3 times through the mesh because there was nothing holding it away from my face.I am returning it and getting a rounded veil instead.