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Thread #79504   Message #1452592
Posted By: GUEST,Lighter at work
05-Apr-05 - 10:28 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Don't Touch the Bumble Bee
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Don't Touch the Bumble Bee
Thanks for the kind words, guys. I appreciate 'em.

A recent "Animal Planet" special identified the bee as the deadliest creature on earth in terms of the number of human deaths and other severe allergic reactions, including paralysis, caused by bees annually. It's far greater than all other serious animal and bug injuries combined !

Anybody can be allergic without knowing it, and you can become allergic for no apparent reason even if you've been stung previously without serious mishap. As a child, I knew a neighbor who was confined to a wheelchair for forty-odd years because she'd been stung.

So, Juber, Mind the Bees !