Bees & CoU74 Natural Cotton Beekeeper Suit with Fencing Veil

Zip failed after two uses - avoid

All good and size as stated

This is my second beekeepers suit so it took a while to stop missing the first one which had to be retired. I like the fabric in this one. Someone mentioned in a review that it shrank when washed. It does get tighter, just like jeans do when you wash them, but again, like jeans, it relaxes again with wear so no problem. I wouldn’t advise drying it in a dryer — just air dry it. Someone else mentioned the hood was a pain. It is because the zippers go all the way back. I put a small safety pin on each side where I wanted the zippers to stop when I opened them but the opening is still large enough to slip over my head. And now putting it on is super easy. Someone else mentioned hating that the hood rested on his head. My old one did too. My solution, which men might not want to try, is to attach a hair clip, a sturdy one that’s at least an inch high to the top of my hair and that keeps the hood above my hair. The zippers on the ankle annoyed me because they rubbed against my legs when I walked in boots. I thought I would remove them but simply unzipping was enough to not feel them. So after adjusting these issues I now love wearing this suit! And I love that it has side pockets in addition to a breast pocket.

The fabric the suit is made of is almost a canvas. As such it would be super hot. The weave is also very coarse so I can't see it adequately protecting from stings. The face veil is a coarse mesh which makes it harder to see as opposed to a noseeum style mesh but it also wont protect you from stings. The zipper on the veil split while i was checking out the suit. I purposely didn't buy the cheapest suit on amazon because I wanted a good suit. My last one lasted 15yrs. This is not a good suit. This suit would only be good for a very occasional bee keeper not someone who has many hives and works a lot in the heat. Luckily it was easy to return.

If you buy this go for one of the different headpieces than the u shaped one. There is simply no structure so it sits with mesh ok the scalp and face for me.Also the sizing is a bit suspect. I'm 6'1 and ordered the size up from recommended but find the length short in the torso to the point I can't fully bend over and too long in the legs.