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Re: Bee stings LD50
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Layne Westover <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 28 Aug 2003 08:58:05 -0500
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>>> [log in to unmask] 8/28/03 5:02:08 AM >>>
Hi Chris

> what is the LD50 for bee stings?

http://www.beevenom.com/Beevenomallergy.htm

Reckons 1,000 - 1,100
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If I remember correctly from my studies, LD50 stands for
Lethal Dose for 50% of a population:  the dose at which
50% of the population will die.

Layne Westover
College Station, Texas (but formally educated in Missouri
and Utah.  Texas A&M has a good entomology program too)

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