>GardenWeb bee forum: I know of one beekeeper who collapsed in the field
>after being stung...this after many years of no reaction.

We have no idea of the frequency of stings the beekeeper had been
exposed to either.  It could be a situation like George Imerie, where
the beekeeper was not stung regularly.  Interesting but it doesn't
really let us know the frequency of sting prior to the collapse

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