I have passed a key milestone in joining the beekeeping club. I received my first couple of stings for interfering too much with the bees. They stung through my jeans, so I didn’t get the full impact, but enough to back-off.
The good news is that I did not go into an anaphylactic shock. I had thought about provoking a bee sting before investing in beehives … but I wasn’t brave enough.
Hopefully, these initial bee stings will build some resistance. But I think I have read somewhere, that the opposite can happen and you can become allergic over time. The future is full of uncertainties.
Decision: buy an EpiPen, not for me, but in case someone else needs it.
You need to buy an actual EpiPen from a chemists, but here are some useful products on Amazon:
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