Protective gear is an important piece of the beekeeping equipment because it protects the body from bee stings and can make harvesting honey much simpler. It can avoid having to use fire to chase the bees away while harvesting honey. Protective gear can be a bee veil or a bee suit. The bee veil only protects the face and the neck, whereas the bee suit protects the whole body. Both the veil and the suit can be made with locally available material such as a maize flower bag. It is important that the used material is strong and bees cannot easily sting through the material.