----- Original Message -----
From: "Erick and Wendy Platt" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2000 3:09 AM
Subject: Bee venom


> I have a friend who is spouting knowledge that I feel is incorrect.  I am
hoping
> that someone on the list can help me to prove it.
>
> This person proclaims that the effects of chronic exposure to bee venom
(as
> would be the case with a beekeeper) is cumulative.  The end result of this
> (according to our friend) is that each person has an individual and unique
to
> themselves setpoint at which they have had their lifetime quota of venom.
At
> this point, the person goes into anaphylactoid shock and either survives
or
> doesn't according to treatment.
>
See "The Apitherapy Reference Data Base" at
http://www.saunalahti.fi/~apither/

Durk