Let Me Tell You ‘Bout The Bees (Maybe The Birds Later)
When I first saw in a headline somewhere that the earth’s population of honeybees was diminishing, I actually thought it might be a good thing. Less bee stings. I cannot count the number of patients I have seen (particularly males young enough to harbor delusions of their own vulnerability) who list bee sting allergies as a problem. I always tell them to make sure they carry an EpiPen with them (in the pick-up truck which they invariably drive) so they can save their own life, dramatically extracting themselves from the jaws of death and have a really neat story to tell.