> There was a case in Australia a few years back where a commercial
> beekeeper became allergic to bees.  He had to give up keeping bees
> and had to have the series of  injections to become de-sensitized.

The question here is whether anyone knows of anyone who became allergic
even when receiving regular stinging, defined perhaps as several times a
month?

Do you know more details?  Some commercial beekeepers seldom, if ever
get stung.  We had a speaker -- supposedly a commercial beekeeper --
come up from Argentina to talk at a convention, and if I understand
correctly, he had never been stung.

allen
http://www.honeybeeworld.com

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