I have tracked down the story of a local life-long beekeeper having to quit beekeeping because of a serious reaction.
After growing up around his mother's bees and be coming a commercial beekeeper for a decade or two, a local man was stung in the throat will drinking soda. No evidence of bee or yellow-jacket was recovered (swallowed!?), but after having a life-threatening reaction to that sting he could no longer tolerate bee stings and gave up beekeeping.
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