>> I know of no beekeepers  -- counting only those who were serious
>> beekeepers and who worked with them often, getting stung in the
>> process -- who have become allergic to bees.  Do you?
>
> George Imrie of Maryland went through quite a bit of trouble with
> exactly this scenario.

GEORGE says, in one of the messages you mentioned,  "When I started in
1933, stings produced swelling and itching which lessened as I got more
stings; but 30 years later, I had learned so much BEE BEHAVIOR that I
was not getting stung very often and my developed immunity titer lost
its volume from lack of use. Then I suddenly got a bunch of stings, and
my body could not handle it".

From that, I would tend to conclude that his case was not 'exactly this
scenario'.  He admits to evolving to the point where he was NOT being
stung regularly.   He also says that after his bad experience, he made
sure he got stung regularly, without fail.  I gather he has had no such
problem since.

allen
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