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Was very happy to see this, do hope it’s correct! https://beekeepingbasic.com/bees-kept-on-notre-dames-roof-have-survived-the-fire/

Checked this out with the Medics: running on the spot or any other exertion when having or beginning to have an allergic reaction to a bee-sting (or anything else) is a recipe for disaster; dont even think of it.

I think it's worth repeating what I was told right at the start of my desensitisation treatment regarding how one should behave if stung: Lie down immediately Do not undo your bee suit at all Dial 999 on the phone you should have with you Use your Epipen if you sense the reaction beginning Stay...

Apart from it being a moral choice there are those (I know a couple) who cannot bear to eat anything with a face (as they put it). As you can imagine this gives rise to cakes, biscuits, vegetables and all sorts decorated with two eyes and a mouth in order to limit their share of the goodies...

I had no luck on my iPhone and difficulties loading the App onto my Android phone at first, but then a few days later it popped up on both, looking as good as gold. Since then I have spent more than a few moments of terror when I have found my phone 'on' in my bag or pocket, scared out of my...

On sale in Lidl today, 340g clear honey for 89p a jar, but at least clearly labelled as produce of EU and non-EU. Makes me even fonder of my lovely regular customers who come to the door to buy two 1lb jars at a time and cheerfully pay £5.25 each, saying how yummy it is.

In four years and ten months time!:thanks:

Found in Sainsbury's today 'Organic English Wildflower Honey' 'produce of EC and non-EC countries'. (Sorry it's decided to lay on its side!) Just what constitutes English honey? Is it enough that it's packaged in this country? Or is it a case for Trading Standards?

Have never been stung through my ordinary Sherriff beesuit but that 's really interesting to know, especially for the number of people who apparently turn down desensitisation treatment (yes, why? Don't know!) Yes I have every intention of resuming beekeeping, for a start I'm slowly running out...

Eight weeks in and today I had the equivalent of a full bee sting in the allergy clinic. I'm still breathing and very relieved to be having this treatment! Thanks for the Devon Air Ambulance link, dpearce4, it's now working on my iPhone and I feel confident enough to wander again. Up on the...

Today has shown how important it is not to jump to conclusions. The hospital were pretty sure that my 'reaction' last week was an unfortunate coincidence and that it wasn't actually to do with the desensitisation treatment. Today I had 10 x the dose I had last week and tonight I am absolutely...

Many thanks for this and your plea to carry on wandering! I am trying (!) to download the app and it's encouraging to think that there's a way of asking for help even where there's no phone signal. The level of mobile signals here is deplorable which is partly what has put me off. You're right...

That is SO encouraging, dpearce4, thank you, I really look forward to the end result and being able to work with bees without gnawing terror! I've always been able to be confident and calm even when there have been bee problems so it's horrid to feel this way. I love my garden and the local...

Thanks for your interest; I have now begun the desensitisation treatment and had my first session this week. I think I went into it a bit gung-ho and wasn't expecting any reaction to speak of. I didn't even feel the injection and was distracted from thinking about my own reactions by the social...

Don't believe you Erichalfbee, never seen you ask one yet! :spy:

Thank you - I hadn't thought of a medicalert bracelet, brilliant idea, I shall feel a little safer with that. I think my biggest sadness is that I love wandering around the countryside here alone, often way off the beaten track, and I guess for a while that's not going to be a sensible thing to...

Many thanks for your good wishes Erichalfbee and DPearce4. :thanks: I've read and reread your sticky 'bible', very useful it is too, and it encouraged me to think there was some hope. No, the message wasn't just to use the epipen blindly, but equally they seemed to assume I would need to and...

No, this was passed on to me after a brief chat between the medics, and they didn't think I needed to do anything urgently as I have two pens, it was just to make sure that when I got the prescription renewed I got the updated (uprated?) pens. There's quite a disparity between the doses, isn't...

Just an update: the allergy clinic were friendly and helpful and I've come away feeling much more confident of the (beekeeping) future. Yes I showed an allergic reaction to the bee venom test, and they have taken bloods to check the less visible aspects of the reaction, and I shall start...