Hi Everyone, Research on bee sting allergy was done some years ago at Mayo Clinic in Rochester MN. They used family members of beekeepers because they had a much higher risk of developing actual sting allergy than the general population. They developed the very successful desentization program using pure bee venom. So to answer Bill's question yes family members of beekeepers who do not work the bees and get stung are much more likely to develope allergy to stings. The desentization does work and could be a good and reasonable option in my mind much better than the epi-pen which needs to be carried always and you have to watch the expiry dates etc. I always wonder about MD's who will prescribe the epi-pen but not discuss desentization ( an actual cure ) with the patient it just does not seem reasonable to me. blane ****************************************** Blane White MN Dept of Agriculture