The honeycomb structure of this cloth is inspired by the fabric of beekeeper’s clothing, designed to be too thick to allow stings to penetrate, while being relatively airy and cool to wear. A new fine version of the cloth developed in 2022 has a slightly smaller cell size, and is woven from a finer cotton yarn, making it smoother and lighter in warm weather than the original Beekeeper’s Cloth woven in 2016.