In message , Mary Fisher
writes

"Stephen Wolstenholme" wrote

How did they know he was sensitive? Do sensitive people smell
different?

No. But they don't sting for fun.

I suffer from hay fever, which originally showed itself as a swelling of
my lower lip, and sometimes, scarily, my tongue. Allergy tests said
"unspecified allergy, slight cat fur and grass reaction"
I dismissed this, since I could nuzzle our cats' fur with no effects,
but when the dog licked my mouth one day I had a serious swelling of
lips and tongue in the night, despite washing my mouth immediately.

To get to the point, for this reason I was always nervous about bee or
wasp stings, until I was stung for the first time two years ago.
A bee had crawled between my foot and my sandal, and must have been
squeezed enough to sting my toe.
It felt like a thorn in my toe, and I did a dance until I extracted it,
but no allergic reaction.
--
Gordon H