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<blockquote data-quote="John B" data-source="post: 2264" data-attributes="member: 207"><p>Most people react less to stings over time . When I get stung it still hurts but I generally don't react at all and often can't even tell where I was stung a few minutes later however if I haven't had a sting for several months or if the bee stings we somewhere where I can't immediately remove the sting then I tend to swell up a little bit and it can still be tender the next day. I am with Grant on the old bees have more venom than young bees theory.</p><p>I was working bees last week without a smoker because of the fire hazard and with the flow over it would be a brave person who would have worked those bees without gloves. I remember some old-timers that used to rub the stings off the back of their hand like brushing off sawdust but that much venom is not good for you. Personally I think it is important for beekeepers to get the odd sting but don't see any point in getting the snot stung out of me every day . I once got about 150 stings on a night where everything went wrong and we ended up with a heap of hives on the ground. I definitely felt a little bit off the next day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John B, post: 2264, member: 207"] Most people react less to stings over time . When I get stung it still hurts but I generally don't react at all and often can't even tell where I was stung a few minutes later however if I haven't had a sting for several months or if the bee stings we somewhere where I can't immediately remove the sting then I tend to swell up a little bit and it can still be tender the next day. I am with Grant on the old bees have more venom than young bees theory. I was working bees last week without a smoker because of the fire hazard and with the flow over it would be a brave person who would have worked those bees without gloves. I remember some old-timers that used to rub the stings off the back of their hand like brushing off sawdust but that much venom is not good for you. Personally I think it is important for beekeepers to get the odd sting but don't see any point in getting the snot stung out of me every day . I once got about 150 stings on a night where everything went wrong and we ended up with a heap of hives on the ground. I definitely felt a little bit off the next day. [/QUOTE]
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