Eunice D. Wonnacott writes of giving up beekeepiung due to a bad experience
with a yellowjacket (sting?).
 
While I was being desenitized to assorted insect venoms (including honeybees
and yellow hornets). I pumped my allergist about cross allergies.  Her reply
was that the venoms from the different stinging insects were all different,
and that how a person reacted to one venom was not a good predictor of how
one would respond to any other venom.   The venoms used for
testing/desensitization were specific to each stinging insect of interest.
 
Summary:  Being allergic to one stinging insect does not mean you are
allergic to any other stinging insect.
 
W. G. Miller
Gaithersburg, MD