Our daughter was stung and not particularly concerned since she
had seen her parents work with bees. We didn't know about it
until she said she was "short of breath" and was going to go
outside.  She must have been about 12 at the time. My wife
happened to take notice, inquired, and we hustled her off to the
doctor.
We had some serious discussions about what to do, including
getting rid of all the bees. We finally decided that there was no
way she could totally avoid bees, whether we kept them or not.
She took the treatment for some time.
She was old enough that we didn't have to worry about her not
understanding the danger. We kept the hives away from the area
around the house, and she had no desire to go where they were.
She had another experience later but we all knew what to do and
look for.
The experience has made me very cautious about exposing young
children to stings.

Leland Hubbell

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