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<blockquote data-quote="Wknz" data-source="post: 2127" data-attributes="member: 175"><p>Opened up a hive over weekend to pack them down. It has plastic frames (which I'll only ever use for supers now) which had been well waxed and propolised in. </p><p>Lifted box edge, carefully levered but one of the frames dropped before I levered it .. resulting in a cloud of angry bees. Thank goodness I had suit .. but no gloves. I got stung on middle of finger.</p><p></p><p>To cut the story short .. finger swelled. Joint pain for two days. Back of hand swollen for three days. Finger still partially swollen after four days. Antihistamine cream not much help.</p><p></p><p>This response happened previous three times as well. Is this a normal response for newbies and do you acclimatise to the stings and stop swelling?</p><p></p><p>Its something I've not seen covered in courses etc and for newbies it might be helpful to hear from experienced geeks re their acclinitisation, lack there of or range of normal responses. </p><p></p><p>It's not going to stop me keeping, unless I suddenly become deadly allergic to the smell of honey. But knowing what's normal or if I need to be aware of a discovered allergy might be helpful.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wknz, post: 2127, member: 175"] Opened up a hive over weekend to pack them down. It has plastic frames (which I'll only ever use for supers now) which had been well waxed and propolised in. Lifted box edge, carefully levered but one of the frames dropped before I levered it .. resulting in a cloud of angry bees. Thank goodness I had suit .. but no gloves. I got stung on middle of finger. To cut the story short .. finger swelled. Joint pain for two days. Back of hand swollen for three days. Finger still partially swollen after four days. Antihistamine cream not much help. This response happened previous three times as well. Is this a normal response for newbies and do you acclimatise to the stings and stop swelling? Its something I've not seen covered in courses etc and for newbies it might be helpful to hear from experienced geeks re their acclinitisation, lack there of or range of normal responses. It's not going to stop me keeping, unless I suddenly become deadly allergic to the smell of honey. But knowing what's normal or if I need to be aware of a discovered allergy might be helpful. [/QUOTE]
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