Bee Venom Hypersensitivity Update

Abstract
The following article, by Dr Harry Riches, former member of IBRA Council, elaborates on the lecture given at the Devon Beekeepers' Association/IBRA meeting at Seale-Hayne Agricultural College last year. Dr Harry Riches, currently President of the British Beekeepers' Association, is Senior Consultant Physician at Harefield Hospital, UK. He is the author of many articles on allergy to bee venom, including Hypersensitivity to bee venom, published in Bee World 1982 (IBRA reprint M109 £1.35).