Hi Rich,

Most allergists in the UK will not give a venom shot if a person has
been stung since the last shot. Somebody that is continually exposed
to bee venom like this guy does not really need the extra venom that a
shot gives him!

I suppose in the winter he would need his immunotherapy like the rest
of us however.

I have been in correspondence with a number of bee keepers over the
years and it amazes me how very few of them give up their hobby. The
thought of deliberately exposing myself to a hobby which I knew would
mean I got stung.....would I want to go in for wasp farming?

No thanks!

David


--- In insectstings@yahoogroups.com, "buddysneade" <buddysneade@...>
wrote:
>
> I went to get my shot today and theres a guy getting a shot for
> honeybee allergy in the clinic and he starts passing out jars of
fresh
> honey so i ask him your a bee keeper and he said ya i didnt want to
> give it up when i went into shock from a single bee sting a few years
> ago!! so he went on immunotherapy and continued keeping up his hives
he
> said hes been on the shots for almost 4 years and gets stung all the
> time he said even when your wearing a bee suit a bee or two always
seem
> to find there way in resulting in a sting and sometimes they can
sting
> right through the suit he said one day the bees were irritated and
> stung his suit over 200 times he got 14 lite stings through the
> suit!!!!! Rich
>