Ensure your child feels secure, head to toe
Our child’s organic cotton beekeeping suits are perfect for sharing your beekeeping experience with children of all ages. Your kids can join you in the apiary with confidence in these practical and comfortable suits that provide the best in beekeeping safety.
Beekeeping suits, jackets and gloves are valuable pieces of safety equipment. If you maintain them well and treat them with care, they can offer you long-lasting and functional sting prevention.
Read more on how to how to care for your beekeeping suit to make sure it's durable and provide you with the best possible ongoing protection.
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.
Children should always be supervised by an experienced adult beekeeper.
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Child - XS: Dispatches in 1-2 working daysIt’s not surprising children love beekeeping. It’s especially easy to get them involved with our hive observation features, which provide a window into the fascinating world of bees. Harvesting straight from the Flow Frames allow for exciting opportunities to taste the different honey flavours stored within each frame.
Our children’s suits are designed for children aged 3-12 years. Check out our sizing guide to choose the right suit.
We also have toddler suit kits for younger beekeepers.
GOTS certified organic cotton lined breast and side pockets, plus knee and elbow gaiters. Equipped head-to-toe with durable, high-quality YKK zippers, a fully removable veil, plus anti-bunch elastic thumb and ankle stirrups. Our child suits come with beekeeping gloves.
We recommend you wear a protective beekeeper suit whenever you are opening your hive and working with your bees, and though this should not be necessary when harvesting, it is important to have a suit on hand in case your bees become agitated.
For more information see this Flow sponsored safety pamphlet.
Beekeeping is a fascinating hobby which when approached with knowledge, skill and dedication can be incredibly rewarding.
It is important to understand some basic safety guidelines to ensure that your beekeeping experience is a safe and positive one.
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.
What’s good for the bees is good for us and that’s why we choose organic cotton. Cotton for our organic textiles range is grown without synthetic fertilisers or pesticides, and no toxic chemicals are used in the fiber spinning and fabric weaving process. This is good news for the bees, the farmers and the makers, and for the beekeeping families wearing our Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) certified Toddler, Kids, and Adult Bee Suits and mesh veils.
We have protective wear in all sizes to accommodate all members of the family, including adult size beekeeping suits and toddler size beekeeping suits.