Allergies only develop after you are exposed to the toxin. If you’ve never been stung, you can’t be allergic. It’s your body’s own overactive defenses which cause the damage. Having a massive dose of venom at a young age could cause you to develop an allergy.
When going through desensitization therapy they start you on low doses of bee venom every week for an extended period of time (many months to a year) with additional booster doses. http://www.webmd.com/allergies/immunotherapy-for-allergies-to-insect-stings
A huge does of venom in one incident will not have the desired effect.
Interesting thread.
I noticed that it is four years old so some of the participants are probably not going to see your comments.
And to join in. I haven’t been stung by a bee in over 50 years. My pores skin and carbon dioxide status has not been carefully monitored so I have no anecdotal evidence to provide.
But but, what if you are allergic to zombees?
Bumblebees do not shed their stinger like honeybees. Bumbles can sting repeatedly, they are so mild mannered though that it rarely happens. I recall my mom got stung by a bumble once, that got tangled in her hair and she was trying to pick out with her fingers.
I know I am. They bring me out in hives.
Oh, bee-have! 
Of course not! For that, you need a “pore key”. Also, you need to find the “pore key hole”. But if you leave your pores closed for too long, you’ll suffocate, like that unfortunate girl in Goldfinger (that was true - the actress really DID die! Snopes confirmed it!)
Re:Goldfinger The most interesting part of that story is that, at the time, the prevailing notion was that covering all of your pores WOULD kill you (it won’t) unless you left a small part of skin exposed. I think that they actually left some some parts of her stomach an sides untouched so that she could “breath”.
Anecdotes, sure, but I keep bees, and several people have mentioned at the beekeeping group that they’ve noticed the bees being more aggressive when they’re wearing some aftershaves or deodorants (that is, the beekeepers wearing them, not just the bees resenting being disturbed when getting ready for a big night out).
Also some people do seem to attract more bee aggro than others, for reasons that aren’t entirely clear, and it is feasible that smell is a part of that, though I doubt holding breath would make that much difference.
Sudden movements definitely are a good way of getting stung; occasionally I’ve forgotten and shaken something off my hand while doing a hive inspection, and the bees noticeably get angrier and home in on the fast movement. Some angry bees do home in on faces, some go more for hands (mine have a thing for hand stinging), some colonies regularly go for ankles (or climbing up inside trousers), it seems to vary a bit by colony.
Incidently, queen honey bees don’t have a barbed sting, so can sting repeatedly, though they only ever seem to use it to fight each other.
The point of a queen fight is to win and survive, thereby winning the right to procreate. Dead queen bees can’t produce thousands of workers and continue the species.
Holding your breath works. I’ve done it all my life.
Impressive. Most people can’t even manage a minute.
Are you breathing, Christian?
