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Hi Chris

> what is the LD50 for bee stings?

http://www.beevenom.com/Beevenomallergy.htm

Reckons 1,000 - 1,100
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If I remember correctly from my studies, LD50 stands for
Lethal Dose for 50% of a population:  the dose at which
50% of the population will die.

Layne Westover
College Station, Texas (but formally educated in Missouri
and Utah.  Texas A&M has a good entomology program too)

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