I had a chance to go out to one of the members from the Southwestern Indiana Bee Association’s house for a spring inspection of their hives. They have around 10 hives now and plan to expand this spring. The experience was very enlightening even though they use standard bee hives as this was my first real encounter with that many bees! It gave me a lot of confidence for when my bees arrive. This was also the first time the new bee suit was used. I had a bit of trouble getting the hood to zip on, but once we figured that out it was smooth sailing. The suit worked as advertised, no bees got in. I did get stung on the wrist however, as I had my gloves off to shoot pics and video. The first of many stings I’m sure. I had very minor redness. After that, I put the camera away and put the gloves on. I did get these few shots and a nice video.