This is where my understanding lets me down. If you can't build up a resistance then what is the principle behind the de-sensitisation course? Equally, could one have total confidence of not having a reaction once the course has been completed?
I have found this thread really interesting and informative. Been keeping bees for just two years now and have had many stings in the past year or so. I had a bad reaction a couple of weeks ago and felt faint with my top lip feeling a little swollen and low blood pressure. Ended up in ambulance...
Yes that's what I did with most of the frames but I had used the supers they had come from to hastily provide a temporary refuge for the swarms I had collected.
A welcome post
Glad to read your thoughts. I have been very concerned this week with the very uncharacteristic behaviour of my bees. Previously calm and benign they have been attacking neighbours, driving them from their garden and willing to sting innocents 30 yards away from the hives. I had...