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The trouble with bee sting allergies is that they develop and get
worse with repeated contact.

not necessarily. In fact some people think that the reaction lessens by
repeatd stings. I don't think that's necessarily true either.

Some keepers have had to give up because a family member had the
allergy and it got worse due to him taking his venom-laden bee suit
into the house.

That's probably more to do with the propolis on the suit rather than
venom.

Apparently not. It has been studied here where bee-keeping is a big
business. Propolis is just a mix of resins.

Yes but it causes allergies and skin reactions. My husband's hands used
to suffer badly when he was cleaning hive parts of propolis and there
have been authenticated reports of death caused by reactions when
propolis has been taken orally 'for health reasons'.

I suppose it depends on the source. I would imagine that most of the
propolis on our hives (when we kept bees) had a pine and spruce origin,
with minor amounts from poplars early in the season.
Graham

I've been thinking the same. But it's a widespread phenomenon. Our propolois
must have been from a wide variety of deciduous trees.

Mary