@ai6yr that's interesting, I wonder what it is? Any particular part of the shirt attracts it out just they saying in the general vicinity of that shirt? (Maybe your bees just hate New Mexico?)

@AG0NY It's the scent, for sure... they reliably sting that shirt, if I even just set it out in the garden. (I learned the hard way twice wearing it next to a hive)

@ai6yr I wonder if multiple washes would help? I boughta pair of Levi's off of eBaya couple of years ago, it took 2 dozen washes before they wouldn't trigger my asthma... Whatever laundry stuff they used was THAT bad, even the sealed package had to stay outside, thankfully our washer and dryer were outside at the last place...

@AG0NY Yeah, thought so too but it's been washed dozens and dozens of times (had that shirt for maybe 8 years). So it's got to be something in the fibers.

@ai6yr weird then, i wonder if a dye is particularly bright at certain wavelengths? Maybe something that reminds them of a natural enemy? Maybe hornets?

@AG0NY Bees are completely pheremone/smell driven, based on my experience working with them. For example, the smell of fake bananas = "ATTACK!" and also the smell of acetone. Other smells are calming for them (ie. lavender, lemongrass)

@ai6yr so, do the modern, i think they're Cavendish? Bananas qualify as "fake" in this context? I'm pretty sure Captain America would agree...