We worked commercial bees & never used a suit. A hat with veil, jeans, long sleeve shirt, bee gloves & duct tape. You use the duct tape to wrap around your jeans hems where they meet your boots so the bees don't crawl up your pants legs. Tuck your shirt in & button the cuffs.
Apparently you haven't had any problems wearing leather gloves Dave but bees generally despise leather. Don't ask me why. If you're going to use leather gloves critter, then duct tape your cuffs to the gloves. After you get used to them & they get used to you, you can work them without a lot of that stuff.
You have to have a smoker, brush & hive tool.
