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Article: Stinging endorsement Some people try bee stings as way to combat their health troubles
- Article from:
- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- May 10, 1998
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CopyrightCopyright 1998 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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The woman who lets bees sting her keeps them in a plastic pitcher,
set on her sewing basket, in a corner of her century-old house. The
woman who lets bees sting her has let them do it more than 2,200
times.
Every few weeks, a beekeeper delivers hundreds of honeybees here
in thick containers; CJ Lexis and her husband, Russ Lange, keep about
200 bees for themselves, and distribute the rest to five
acquaintances who also let bees sting them in hope that bee venom
will counteract serious ailments.
Lexis, who has multiple sclerosis and can barely walk, sat in an
electric scooter, while her husband, who wore two protective gloves