Bees: A Therapeutic Analysis

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When you moved in the first day of November and I was speaking to you for the first time, you told me about your Asian ex-boyfriend who you clearly stated you dumped for the reason that “All Chinese people are mean” and that you “Would never date a Chinese person because of this” and that your “Chinese friends were mean too.”

A few days later, Sammi alerted me to the fact that you brought a nondescript box full of live bees into the apartment and left it on the coffee table without notice to any of us with the intent of using those bees to sting yourself and opening the box daily basis to handle the bees.

When I was away on Thanksgiving break, I came home to find my Himalayan salt lamp missing from my dresser in my room. You came home that night and informed me that you had taken it because “It was nice” without giving me any further explanation.
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While bee venom does have a myriad of health benefits, I declined an offer to come to your workplace to try bee sting therapy because I’ve never been stung by a bee and that the majority of my family had never been stung either, thus the possibility of me having an allergic reaction is a real concern. I explained this to you, but you still brought bees into our apartment with the full knowledge that I could be allergic to them. You also didn’t ask our other roommates if they were allergic. Bee stings account for more deaths in the United States than any other venomous creature, and reactions happen to 17-56% of people stung (Park). If something were to happen to either myself or another roommate, you would most likely face legal or personal repercussions, not to mention the stealing of work property—An offense you have been charged with in the past at several

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