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Keeping Bees
Bees have been kept by humans for centuries, and safety precautions necessary for apiarists are well-established. It is vitally important that anyone keeping bees, or members of their families, who are known to have an allergy to bee venom, carry a suitable medication, most likely an adrenaline injection. This is advisable at all times, but particularly essential when working around the bees or outdoors in general. It is not sufficient to leave the injection in the house or car, even if nearby, because minutes matter in cases of anaphylaxis.
Bees, Bullants, Stingrays, Cane Toads
Bees When a bee stings an animal it injects toxin. This toxin can seriously affect an animal if it receives a large enough number of stings. In fact, enough stings can kill dogs, as occurred at the Murwillumbah Cattle Sale Yard in March 2000 when two pedigree cattle dogs were stung thousands of times by a swarm of bees. Cats can normally escape from swarms easier than dogs so are rarely affected in this manner, however, horses have been badly stung (see picture). 
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