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Clothes may make the man-a target for stinging insects. Some kinds of sartorial splendor seem to infuriate bees, wasps, and hornets. It pays for the well-dressed gardener, hiker, or outdoorsman to choose his wardrobe with care if he wants to enjoy peaceful coexistence with his formidably armed neighbors. Nobody knows why these stinging insects have such pointed views on fashions, the National Geographic Society says. But man has become painfully aware of some of them. White Is Right Some new outfits of man-made fibers, and black or dark clothes seem to enrage them into attacking, but not white or light colored clothing. They seldom sting smooth finished materials, but leather, suede, wool, or coarse weaves invite trouble.
Stinging insects seem to be irritated by sweet-smelling people redolent of hair oil, tonics, cologne, strong perfume, and scented soap.
But clothing with unpleasant odors, particularly from perspiration, is just as likely to provike them.
Anne hair entomologists have many theories on what brings out the worst in bees, wasps, hornets, and their flashy cousins, yellow jackets.
Bad weather comes in for a share of the blame: On windy days, for instance, they can’t fly well enough to forage for food
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