Bee 'allergy' - I had to smile.

[viridens]

This is an extract from the brief conversation I just had with the new postwoman:

"I'm allergic to bees."
"Really? How do you know that?"
"A bee stung me and my throat swelled up"
"Oh dear. Where did it sting you?"
"On my throat."



It turns out that she was stung while eating cake at a barbeque, so probably a wasp anyway!

 

[terryme]

surprising how many think any reaction means allergy. I had a conversation recently when collecting a swarm where the chap described an incident where a lad had been 'attacked' by a whole swarm, been stung all over, went into anaphylactic shock ...... oh yes, it took a whole hour before he stopped crying and went back to playing. That's anaphylactic shock for you.