LOLOL Well, things changed since the post above.
I am not a virgin anymore~!!
I have been handling the bees mostly with just a hat and safety glasses and smoke.
Today I had a friend and his 2 kids visiting.
They wanted to see the bees, especially the 8 yo boy.
I only planned to lift the cover for a few seconds with them standing about 8 feet away.
Then.......I thought, while I have the cover in my hand, I will put some syrup in the feeder and I was too lazy to light the smoker...........that's when the trouble started.........I was holding the lid with my left hand, still r Synge on top of hive, and went to pour the syrup and 2 got me on the underside of the arm between shoulder and elbow, that is tender meet there.
Lesson Learned:
If you remove the lid, you need smoke.