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String & Linda Monteith <[log in to unmask]>
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String & Linda Monteith <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 14 May 1999 08:37:34 -0400
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You supposedly bring in
>enough detrius from the bees to gradually sensitize anyone in the
>house to bees, so when they are stung, they have more severe
>allergic reactions

Then why don't beekeepers become sensitized?  I'm not doubting you, but I
don't see how this could be possible.  I have always changed my bee suit in
the house, but don't know if we have been sensitized.  We never get stung to
find out.  Linda Monteith, Wilmington, OH

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