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Beehives
- Complete beehive
- Accessories
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Nuc hives
- Nucs by format
- With bees & mating
- Spare parts
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Bee equipment
- For the apiary
- For the beekeeper
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Clothing
- Clothing Accessories
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Beeswax
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Pure beeswax
- Beeswax and foundation
- Beeswax foundations
- Melting and rolling beewax
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Pure beeswax
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Bee feed
- Accessories and source materials
- Utensils
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Bee health
- Varroa Treatments
- Diseases control
- Nutraceuticals
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Extraction and bottling
- Before extraction
- Honey extraction
- After extraction
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Bee pollen
- Harvest
- Indicted
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Honey packaging
- Flasks per utility
- Flasks by size
- Other packaging
Apipasta with vitamins 15kg
Beecomplet® Spring 14Kg
Beekeeper suit with round veil
Oxalic acid 1kg
Beeswax Foundation 5kg
Fresh royal jelly 20g
Classic honey jar 1kg comb-lines TO77 - Pack of 16 units
Promotor L Apis 1 litre
Veils and accesories
Round, square and fencing veils from €8.90, hats with veil, and the accessories that close the gaps: gaiters, sleeves, joint velcro and repair patches.
The veil is the one piece where failure is not just any sting
On the rest of the kit, a failure costs you an annoying sting. On the veil it costs you an eye, a lip or the throat, and a sting there is nothing like the same. That is why it is the piece where saving money makes no sense, and the only one I check before every season: the mesh develops holes at the folds, exactly where it creases in storage, and those holes are invisible until you hold it up to the light.
Between round and fencing, the practical difference is how close the mesh comes to your face. The round one holds the hoop away and is the traditional choice; the fencing type gives better peripheral vision and does not collapse when you look down over a frame. Whichever you choose, the rule is the same: where the mesh touches skin, it does not protect. And the point that really fails is not the fabric but the join with the suit or hat: that is where a bee gets in, and once inside no veil helps.
Veils and accesories
This category is really about closing the gaps. A suit protects where there is fabric; the trouble comes in where there is not.
The three types of veil
- Round (€8.95) — the hoop keeps the mesh away from the face all the way round, and gives a full field of view. The least oppressive if you are starting out.
- Square (€8.90) — more compact, less bulk around the head. Gets in the way less when you work among stacked supers.
- Fencing — rigid, does not drop onto the face when you lean over, and it is what almost every ventilated suit carries. The one that stands up best to daily use.
There are also hats with an integrated veil, for anyone who prefers to keep face protection separate from the suit and put it on only when needed.
The cheap things that prevent the trouble
This is what most people do not buy until something stings them:
- Boot-to-trouser velcro, €8 — closes the ankle, which is entry point number one when you crouch.
- Gaiters, €6.90 — the alternative to velcro if your trousers do not close well at the bottom.
- Cotton sleeves, €8.75 — cover the wrist at the join with the glove.
- Repair patch pack, €1.50 — a small tear in the mesh does not mean throwing away a €9 veil, let alone a fencing one.
And one that gets appreciated: the wash bag for hooped veils, €9.50. Mesh and hoop do not survive a loose machine wash well.
How to look after the mesh
What ruins a veil is not the sting: it is sweat, dust and storing it squashed. Wash it separately from the suit, dry it in the shade and store it without bending the hoop. A well-treated veil lasts years; one kept in the boot of a car lasts a season.
If what you are after is the whole outfit, it is in beekeeping suits.
