Hi, It seems theses kind of stuff appends, My Dad had bee 50 years ago... and he stopped 40 ago because he had become "allergyc"... When I started 7 years ago to have bees, He stated that it could be dangerous for him because allergy NEVER vanish from itself but only by a cure. He was helped in this assumption by some members of the family that are doctors... He off course got stung and seems this raction seemed normal... So he went back to the bees. We got them, togherther.. and for me it's a great help (sometime...) Bernard. The most amazing stuff is the difference between the way he is handling bees and the way I have learned to do so. He believe its wrong to visit too often. So we made a compared test two where visited , and two where nearly never visited... he couldn't run quick anough to catch the swarms. Even before we started the test, my frinds were kidding about it: I had putted the bees in such a way that he could only have a huge qqty of swarm and no honney... and it worked well. His theory that sayd that a hive cold produice between 5 and 10 KG/year turned confirmed while the bees that folowed my theory confirmed 60 KG/year.... At 10:37 27/05/99 +0100, you wrote: >As Jorn says, beekeepers and bee scientists who regularly get stung often DO >become sensitized to bee venom - I've talked to many of them in Europe. > >Often it's triggered by one sting on the wrong day - my own case included. >I've worked with bees for over 12 years now and been stung I guess more .... >I continue to work with bees as it's a passion as well as a way of life for >me. > >Not all people will be as Iucky as I was but a desensitization programme is >definitely worth a try. >Max >Dr Max Watkins