Description
Special Offer – buy an all-in-one Apiarist suit and receive a spare replacement hood for less than half the price
Get outstanding protection in our Apiarist™ – the original long-life beekeeping suit. It’s been a best-seller for more than nearly 60 years.
Loved worldwide for its quality and design, the Apiarist™ is built to last, with an average life span of 15 years (although it’s quite common to find people still wearing Sherriff suits from the 1980s!)
With BJ Sherriff’s unique ClearView™ veil for perfectly clear vision. It’s light, airy and extremely comfortable to wear over long periods of time.
Features our unique twin-zip, throw-back hood, which is fully detachable for easy laundering.
Key features
Fabric:
- High quality, hard-wearing polyester twill won’t shrink or fade
- Smooth finish so bees can rest on fabric and fly away again without getting their feet caught in fabric fibers
Design features:
- Roomy boiler suit/coverall with drop sleeves, elasticated waist, and robust central vertical zip
- Cut to fit comfortably over your normal clothes
- Reverse spiral zips that won’t pop when lifting heavy hives
- New-design cuffs with secure hook and loop fasteners that tighten for a perfect fit
- Thumb loops to go over gloved thumb and secure cuff in position
- Roomy hip pockets
- Flapped breast pockets with strong hook and loop fasteners
- Double-lined hive tool / allergy injection pocket on both outer thighs
- Key ring clip in the lower pocket to keep keys safe
- Useful hanging loops at the back of the hood and back collar of coverall
Unique ClearView™ veil and throw-back hood:
- Our unique ClearView™ black nylon mesh, with hundreds of tiny holes woven in – allows excellent ventilation to keep you cool and offers the best in all-around vision, even for spectacle wearers
- Can be unzipped and thrown back to rest on your shoulders – ideal when driving from apiary to apiary
- Hood comes off completely for easy laundering (hood is hand-wash and line-dry only)
Long-lasting:
- Average life span of a Sherriff Apiarist™ in excess of 15 years
- 5-year warranty on all zips
- Extra strength stitching
- We offer a complete repair and re-veil service to keep your suit going even longer
Please keep your swing ticket with a unique garment number and size for future use.
Conforms to: CE BS EN ISO 13688:2015
