You might be wondering: What's the catch? Are there any drawbacks to exposing yourself to bee venom? And is there any validity to claims about these holistic treatments? We spoke to experts in the ...

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — An ancient folk remedy for chronic pain could be buzzing into mainstream markets. Axis Clinical Trials in Los Angeles is testing honey bee venom for treatment of ...

ALHAMBRA >> An Alhambra acupuncturist’s license is on the line after state medical regulators alleged he was “grossly negligent” when using bees to sting patients as part of a medical treatment, an ...

Once a month for two years, a 55-year-old woman in Madrid had gone for acupuncture therapy using live bee stings. Apitherapy -- the medicinal use of bee hive products, including honey, pollen and bee ...

Reyah Carlson has been stung by bees more than 25,000 times. On purpose. Carlson is a practitioner of apitherapy, a controversial form of alternative medicine that uses bee venom to treat everything ...

Q: What is bee-sting therapy – and what is it supposed to do? I ask because apparently someone died after having it. A: Using bee products like honey, pollen, royal jelly and venom to treat illness ...

No matter what you might first think about apitherapy, the use of honeybee products for medicinal products, there is one distinct "element of reality," said Dr. Theo Cherbuliez. "With few exceptions, ...

A woman hoping to get the healing effects of “bee acupuncture” ended up dying from the treatment, SF Gate reported. The 55-year-old Spaniard was getting “apitherapy,” which the National Institute of ...