I am an amateur beekeeper but I do not understand how wearing gloves is related to raising bees in an urban environment.
You are right, that urban bees are fine. Providing a water source will prevent most nuisance issues.
You are right, that urban bees are fine. Providing a water source will prevent most nuisance issues.
I got my first hive a few years ago, and I am noticing that there are fewer recommendations of working without gloves in urban environments today. I don't know why this is the case. Also I am used to a large yard/small town environment (lots of pedestrians, folks doing yard work, etc), and there are plenty of other environments where I would expect this to be less of an issue (for example a rooftop hive on the third storey is going to provide a lot less exposure in this regard). So demographics and hive placement may have something to do with it.