Taken from: WEIRDNUZ.452 (News of the Weird, October 4, 1996) by Chuck Shepherd * Commercial Announcement: Chuck Shepherd's 5th paperback book, The Concrete Enema and Other News of the Weird Classics, is now at bookstores everywhere ($6.95). Ask proudly for a Concrete Enema on your next visit. NEWS FROM THE JOB MARKET * The New York Times reported in April that entomologist P. Kirk Visscher and two colleagues set out to challenge the conventional wisdom that a human should only very carefully attempt to extract the stinger after a honeybee attack. Their thesis is that speed of removal, not style, is more important, and they tested it the only way they knew how: Dr. Visscher took about 50 honeybees over several days, methodically rubbed each against his skin until it stung, extracted the stinger, and measured the welt. Said Visscher, "That's the price of fame and fortune." Copyright 1996, Universal Press Syndicate. All rights reserved. No commercial use may be made of the material or of the name News of the Weird.