Flow Beekeeper Suit - 3-layer Ventilated Mesh

$179.00

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Triple layer mesh ensures great air circulation and keeps you cool, while preventing bee stings. Flow Hive technology drastically reduces the chance of being stung during harvest, but if you drop a full brood frame during a routine beehive inspection, you are sure to attract unwanted attention!

This package also comes with lightweight, ventilated gauntlet goatskin gloves and a J-style hive tool handmade with German stainless-steel.

What makes it so great?

Mesh Suit great features

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Triple-layer polyester mesh textile

Three intersecting layers of mesh makes it difficult for a bee’s stinger to penetrate and ensures airflow to stay cool. The lightweight fabric makes it easy to wear for longer beekeeping sessions.

Dual grade mesh veil

Fully removable veil provides outstanding sting prevention and practicality. Using high-gauge heavy fencing-quality mesh for solid sting prevention on the flanks and a finer gauge mesh over the face for better visibility.

Removable pouch for the J-Tool

Another unique feature! Our J-Tool comes with a unique and special pouch designed to provide protection from sticky honey, messy propolis and the potential to damage your suit. A large velcro hook-and-loop fastening strip secures it in either hip pocket.

Generous sized hip and chest pockets

Made from medium-weight organic cotton drill. The extra deep hip pockets also include inner pockets and hook-and-loop to hold the J-tool sleeve in place (ambidextrous design). The chest pockets include extra long hook-and-loop fastening top flaps to keep pocket contents safe.

Elasticated cuffs, waistband, ankle and thumb stirrups

Provide comfortable and secure sting prevention. Thumb stirrups at each wrist and over-boot stirrups prevent clothes riding-up during the most rigorous activity, ensuring no exposed skin for bees to find.

Leg zippers

Ankle to knee zippers ensures you can easily put your suit on over your boots.

Quality zippers

High quality rugged, plastic YKK zippers have an oversized ring pull tab making them easy to use when wearing gloves.

Well-padded elbows and knees

Reinforced cotton drill padding provide durability and plenty of comfort when working with your bees.

Sun protection

High cotton collar and wide band of cotton across top of mesh veil provide protection from the sun.

Gauntlet gloves

Super-soft goatskin gloves are very practical and comfortable to wear. The pliable goatskin are very functional, making gripping objects much easier. Mesh around the wrist allows airflow, and the cotton gator is elasticised at the elbow to prevent unwelcome visitors from entering your suit.

GOTS Organic cotton

Durable yet soft cotton pockets and padding ensures our suit is both comfortable and practical, while supporting the environment and the wellbeing of those who have contributed to its creation.

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3-LAYER MESH

Our unique Flow 3-layer mesh gear provide the best available sting prevention and are purpose designed for functionality for times when even the friendliest hive gets cranky.

Three intersecting layers of raised fabric sit high and away from the skin, helping to prevent bee stings.

The mesh ensures much greater comfort than traditional beesuits, allowing breezes in and sweat to evaporate out, perfect for Australian conditions.

Lightweight construction allows for extended beekeeping sessions, so you can get to work like your busy bees even on the hottest days!

What bee suit size should I pick?

Bee suits are designed to be worn slightly baggy over your normal clothing, so it’s best to choose a slightly larger size than you would normally wear.

Be sure to give yourself plenty of room to move around with additional length for movement – ankles and wrists need to remain covered when you’re crouching, bending or stretching.

You do not want the suit to be tight fitting – it’s this loose fitting material that offers sting prevention.

If in doubt or between sizes, go up to the next size:

Height (cm)	Weight (kg)
	Weight (kg)
	50	56	62	68	74	80	86	92	98	104	110
145 - 150	2XS	2XS	XS	S
150 - 155	2XS	2XS	XS	S	S	M	M	M
155 - 160	2XS	2XS	XS	S	S	M	M	M	L
160 - 166	XS	XS	XS	S	M	M	M	L	XL	XL
166 - 171	XS	S	S	M	M	L	L	L	XL	XL	2XL
171 - 176	M	M	M	M	L	L	L	L	XL	2XL	2XL
176 - 181	L	L	L	L	L	L	XL	XL	2XL	2XL	3XL
181 - 186		L	L	L	L	XL	XL	XL	2XL	3XL	4XL
186 - 191		L	L	L	XL	XL	XL	2XL	3XL	4XL	5XL
191 - 197			XL	XL	XL	2XL	2XL	2XL	3XL	4XL	5XL
197 - 204				2XL	2XL	2XL	3XL	3XL	4XL	5XL	5XL

Height (feet)	Weight (lbs)
	Weight (lbs)
	110	123	137	150	163	176	190	203	216	229	243
4'9" - 4'11"	2XS	2XS	XS	S
4'11" - 5'1"	2XS	2XS	XS	S	S	M	M	M
5'1" - 5'3"	2XS	2XS	XS	S	S	M	M	M	L
5'3" - 5'5"	XS	XS	XS	S	M	M	M	L	XL	XL
5'5" - 5'7"	XS	S	S	M	M	L	L	L	XL	XL	2XL
5'7" - 5'9"	M	M	M	M	L	L	L	L	XL	2XL	2XL
5'9" - 5'11"	L	L	L	L	L	L	XL	XL	2XL	2XL	3XL
5'11" - 6'1"		L	L	L	L	XL	XL	XL	2XL	3XL	4XL
6'1" - 6'3"		L	L	L	XL	XL	XL	2XL	3XL	4XL	5XL
6'3" - 6'5"			XL	XL	XL	2XL	2XL	2XL	3XL	4XL	5XL
6'5" - 6' 7"				2XL	2XL	2XL	3XL	3XL	4XL	5XL	5XL

Beekeeping is a labour of love. As with all animal husbandry, it’s a pastime which requires knowledge, skill and dedication and which carries with it inherent risks.

Beekeeping suits and other personal protective equipment can offer excellent prevention against bee stings, but are not 100 percent effective. It’s important new beekeepers exercise caution when tending to their hives and are comfortable with the fact that sooner or later, all beekeepers get stung.

Check out this Flow sponsored safety pamphlet covering common beekeeping safety risks and first aid responses.

New to beekeeping and not sure where start?

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