Hi everyone,
A friend of mine told me just recently that he got into an ugly situation 
with a hive and wound up getting stung a hundred or more times.  He had a 
bad reaction and passed out a few times in a row before being taken to the 
ER.  He never had any breathing difficulty, and I don't know all the 
medical details, but it was overall a pretty bad reaction.  He has about 
fifty hives, and he'd really like to keep at it, but he doesn't want to 
foolishly risk his life.  It seems possible that it was just the high 
number of stings that caused the severe reaction, but can anyone speak to 
that issue from experience?

What experiences can you all recount to me about people that continued 
keeping bees after having severe reactions and how their bodies reacted 
subsequently?

Thanks everyone,
Eric

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