Are there any beekeepers out there who have continued working bees while they were pregnant? If so, did you work bees through the 1st trimester, 2nd trimester, 3rd trimester.....? Did you experience any adverse effects when you were stung? Were your reactions to stings more severe when you were pregnant, compared to when you weren't? I am hoping to get pregnant this year, but Dr. Eric Mussen (our U.C. entomologist) cautioned me that pregnant women tended to have heightened allergic reactions to bee stings. If you worked bees while pregnant, or know someone who did, I would love to hear about your (or her) experiences. It would help me make some tentative plans regarding my own "confinement". Thank you, Shawna Roberts Gypsy Bees