Chris Slade <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Are people who routinely apply noses to hives or who can
> accurately describe
> the scent of alarm pheromone in danger of becoming
> sensitised.
Alarm pheromone is NOT bee venom, so I don’t know how exposure to the smell of ’alarm pheromone’ can cause one to be sensitized to ’bee venom’.
I haven’t seen any evidence that supports this concern;,,, please provide.
> The chap was selling, inter alia, a cream containing venom
> which apparently
> is good for arthritis.
I would ask, why these folks applying bee venom cream on a daily basis are not being sensitized through repeated absorption through the skin as well as inhaling?
Joe
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