Taken from:
 
WEIRDNUZ.452 (News of the Weird, October 4, 1996)
by Chuck Shepherd
 
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NEWS FROM THE JOB MARKET
 
* The New York Times reported in April that entomologist P.
Kirk Visscher and two colleagues set out to challenge the
conventional wisdom that a human should only very carefully
attempt to extract the stinger after a honeybee attack.  Their
thesis is that speed of removal, not style, is more important, and
they tested it the only way they knew how:  Dr. Visscher took
about 50 honeybees over several days, methodically rubbed each
against his skin until it stung, extracted the stinger, and measured
the welt.  Said Visscher, "That's the price of fame and fortune."
 
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