okay so today we are comparing two bee suits one is ventilated on the left and
one it's not ventilated and is medium thickness here on the right the one on
the left is by Guardian Bee apparel and the one on the right is By buzz
beekeeping supplies so we're gonna take a close look at them here and I have
worn them both the one on the right there I just finished doing some splits
with it and a very hot day and I can tell you that's a hot suit but we'll
talk more about that later and I want to give you some of the details of it it
did come with some nice long beekeeping gloves it looks like unbleached muslin
here and again it's buzz beekeeping supplies we give you stickers for your
car I thought it was funny that the male bee you there with the beard has the
stinger anyway and these gloves worked out ok they're cowhide gloves and I
believe they're made in Pakistan they're ventilated they're nice and long we go
way up into your upper arm there so if you want to wear gloves and I guess
these were okay and there's a label made in Pakistan they're fairly standard as
far as leather gloves go they give you decent dexterity but only when you're
doing kind of basic work these are the details of the suit itself the stitching
is pretty good I like the zippers zippers move nice and easily there are
elastic gathers there at the waist so that it fits nice and snug this is one
of their large suits I believe and it's pretty standard again here are the
pockets on the upper arm there's a reinforced leading edge there in that
arm pocket which I kinda like because you're gonna be sticking your sharp hive
tools in and out of that I suppose and here's your thumb elastic again this is
Buzzbeekeeping supplies bee suit large and we're trying it out so I'm sharing about
this because people asked about more Bee suits after I did my last honey
beekeepers suit review and there's some double stitching I like the pockets that
have the little curve there the radius free hand to go
although when the gloves were on a little tough to stick it in there there
is a pocket on the front of your legs here above the knee and then there's
reinforcement right through the knee area so I like that kind of like a knee
pad just double or triple the fabric there and again there's the elastic
stirrups at the bottom of the leg so that you can hook your feet on there
when you're sticking them in your boots here on the leg again pockets on the
front and this nice long narrow pocket out to the side of your leg so slightly
to the side and back there if you like to stick your hive tools there or
whatever tools you're carrying there is a very short zipper at the bottom and
here it is you can open that up when you're pulling on your feet here but if
you're putting on boots you're not gonna be able to stick them in that but
then again it has an elastic strip there so I think they're designed to go down
inside your boots which is the way I like to wear them anyway we're looking
at the back of the suit here and again we're looking at the zipper this is for
the hood and you notice there's a little ring there where you can hang your suit
up now that's only when you've got the hood attached and this is a fencing veil
style hood and the zippers overlap most do and then we can see how there's a
nice high collar inside and then we're looking at the velcro here on that
fencing veil so I'm gonna put this on for you and you can see how it fits I am
5 foot 9 and a half right now I weigh right around 197 pounds and so if that
helps you evaluate the fit of this and I hope that you benefit from that here
we're putting the elastic straps on your feet again I like to put these inside
boots I don't pull the student over the top of the boots just because these can
crawl up your leg there and some people tape the bottoms of their Bee suit to keep
these from climbing up if you're gonna wear tennis shoes and let's just pull it
on here and see how the fit goes there again this is a cotton-blend
and it's a medium density here so this is not maximum protection but it is
going to be serviceable as far as keeping the bees off you it's all
white which helps with reflection although I have to say when
i've worn it while doing those Bee splits that was plenty sweaty when I got done there
so there is not a lot of ventilation on the suit and hard to ventilate when
you're also trying to protect from being stung by bees but I do like all these
extra pockets all over it look at where they are on the leg the zipper is good
again those pockets here on the side for your hands if your gloves are on you're
not gonna be sick in your gloved hands in this the veil has plenty of space in
front of it so that you now can receive any be stings on the face I've heard
people saying that sometimes these fencing veil styles allow the bees to
get too close and again I'm showing the upper arm pockets here that are kind of
narrow and that's for your hive tools as well although when you pull the bee
gloves up and on I'll show you later here they do get right up over that upper arm
pocket I do like these reinforced knees as I mentioned before again because I do
video on photography sometimes I am down on my knees and that added protection on
the suit will keep me from wearing it out so pretty decent we're just gonna
put on their gloves here again provided by the same company and it comes in that
little pouch that's laying on the bench there to my left and everything comes
inside of that but after I receive everything and just hang it up so again
here's what it looks like it's a large and I noticed that the fencing veil
comes out pretty wide to the sides here and fencing veils do obstruct your V
just a little bit when you're looking left and right but of the veil Stiles
fencing bales are pretty tight and close so if you like to work and get into
tight spaces I guess the fencing gal is good so it's a decent suit I enjoyed it
now we're gonna move on we're heading into the 90s here where I live so we're
gonna have a super hot day a ventilated suit it's gonna be a big deal and this
is by another family-owned company both of these companies are family-owned here
in the United States and this is Guardian Bee apparel they sent me a nice ball
cap too which is pretty decent I don't always wear ball caps but nice and here
on the zippers they have these big rings so if you've ever pulled those zippers
when you've got your gloves on and so forth a nice ring to get a hold of it
makes it a little more convenient the stitching is heavy and the zippers
move freely they seem like they're either copper or bronze here and so I
don't expect them to rust now this is the best part the ventilation and there
are three different style hoods here to go with it so this is like the buckfast
Abbey style and you'll notice they have these zippers in the veil and that's
what really drew me to this suit and why I think they're very interesting other
than the fact that if you're gonna go out of your yard and it's going to be a
hot summer day you want that suit to be well ventilated and you want the air to
pass through look at how open the mesh is I have to tell you during the filming
of this review it's 85 degrees outside today and I did this around noon of
course we're in my woods and this suit felt really good plenty of air
circulation plenty of space there are two veil styles here and this one they
consider the novice veil because it has more space in front and then the second
one there they consider the pro veil just because it's closer to the face and
there's that zipper which I'm going to demonstrate in a few minutes here now if
you're looking at this mesh the whole purpose of these ventilated suits is to
keep enough space between your skin and the outer layer of the suit so that a bee
can't get in there and get the stinger to you so here is the unzipped open
front of this veil and that's actually very unique I haven't found this on any
other beast food anywhere and I'm always on the lookout as you know if you've
watched my last Bee video I compared many different designs of Bee suits and this is
the first video I'm making regarding a ventilated suit I like the pockets on
the side everything on this Bee suit is double stitched there again is a leg
pocket this also has a two way zipper so you can zip up from the bottom or down
from the top so it's convenient you need to get your keys out or something easy
to do this is a medium size and again this medium actually fit me really well
I spoke with the people at Guardian Bee apparel and they were super friendly and
when I gave them my dimensions they said this was the size also notice
there's a velcro strap down at the ankle this lets you cinch it up nice and snug
so again for those who don't like to wear boots I look how high the zipper
goes way up the leg so this is super convenient if you are putting this over
boots or something and you need that freedom of movement you want to unzip
that all the way up the leg this is the longest leg zipper I've seen on any bee
suit so again the pockets here on the upper leg are nice and thick they are
stitched well and this entire suit is really well made it is heavy so when you
pull this on obviously this is kind of a rubber mesh that's in between the layers
here and that's what creates the space it keeps the bee stingers away from you
so working with honeybees I would have total confidence wearing this suit and
as I said today I was out in the bee yard at noon and it's in the mid 80s and
I was not sweating at all it was really nice to wear this suit I have to be
honest so of course this is the first ventilated
suit I've evaluated for YouTube so I also have a half suit with a different
hood on it from a different company that I have NOT actually used but I just have
it on the hanger so if I need to get out there sometimes so I'm just gonna put it
on here and give you the demo look again at the length of the zippers on the legs
here and I sped this up so you wouldn't have to spend five minutes just watching
me put on a bee suit but that very easy to get in and out of and right away you
notice even a thin full fabric bee suit like the one there by buzz beekeeping
supplies does not allow much airflow so this even
though it's heavier definitely is comfortable on hot days and you can see
clearly now where the pockets are oriented on the suit I do wish they
would add a another layer on the knee there if they would just even put a
pocket on the front that doubles as a knee pad for example because I do get
down to the ground but then again I don't use these just for beekeeping I
use them to study Hornets and wasps and other insects that are in the
environment so I do like this suit it's gonna keep me cool in here I'm gonna
unzip the veil who doesn't want to be able to have
access through their face sometimes when you're out in the bee yard to wipe sweat away
maybe you want to sip a cappuccino or something maybe you need to blow your
nose who knows but being able to unzip the veil without pulling it all the way
back leaves it kind of in a ready position so if you do need to close it
up it's convenient and fast so this is the zippered front on the veil and this is
the fencing style veil is definitely a huge plus for me I like it and I think
it's pretty cool so kudos to these guys that design this at guardian Bee apparel
and made that zipper front and there's plenty of space nothing's gonna sting
you there the zippers overlap the velcro here comes down the front I'm gonna pull
it off let's swap it out because I also like the buckfast style veil that has
the wide brim and this is gonna be the most comfortable one I've ever tested so
we'll get this off and out of the way you unzip the top here it came with
three veils as I already showed and these aren't cheap I think these things
are over a couple hundred dollars and I'll leave you links down below for both
of these companies you can check out their offerings as far as gloves veils
and bee suits and I just wanted to really get into sharing the fact that
this one tons it's from the front and again I like the big rings they put on
the zipper so that you can activate them so we're putting on this buckfast style
veil and like from the buckfast Abbey I think is where it originated and again
it goes together just like the other ones here and then it's open all the way
around so air passes right through this thing and some of the other veils like
this that I have fabric over two-thirds of the way across the back and it keeps
you from turning your head it's kind of tight and of course we can unzip one
side at a time here so they did not make this one so that it can open all the way
but you can stick your hand in and access your face if you need to so I
like these zippered openings I think maybe they'll do some more work with
this suit and do some more innovation I did email them a couple of
and gave them my observations and recommendations but this is a great suit
so here I am in 85 degree heat not sweating air passing through hanging out with the
bees and I hope that you enjoyed this bee suit comparison and review so they're both
nice suits it just depends on how much ventilation you want again the buzz
beekeeping supplies suit there has nice pockets all over it well made and
pretty nice so I hope you enjoy your bees I hope you liked the review and I
hope you have a great summer of beekeeping thank you for watching as
always