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Bee Therapy or Apitherapy Charles Mraz How does it work? Apitherapy Suggestions Compsition of Bee Venom Safety Protocol Conditions Treated by Apitherapy Using the EpiPen (epinephrine) Recomended Books Colony Collapse Disorder

BEE THERAPY OR APITHERAPY

It is the medical use for the products of the Hive used in apitherapy. This can include the use of honey, propolis, pollen,  royal jelly, beeswax, bee bread, bee venom, honey bees and drones. It is the Art and Science of Treatment and Holistic Healing through the honeybee and her products for the benefit of Mankind and all the Animal Kingdom.

Perhaps the most exotic product from the hive is bee venom. Bee venom has been used via bee-sting therapy for centuries in many cultures. Hippocrates and Confucius were familiar with its healing properties.

Eastern countries in particular have employed the curative abilities of bee venom, in fact, large clinics dedicated entirely to Bee Venom Therapy (BVT) are common in China. Its popularity is rapidly increasing in Europe and in the Americas.

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How does it work?

"Bee Venom Therapy is a classic example of the homeopathic principal, which states that a substance that produces the symptoms of a disease is a cure for that disease. Rheumatic diseases result in swelling, pain and inflammation. A bee sting causes the same symptoms. The sting stimulates the immune system to relieve the inflammation caused by the bee venom, while relieving the symptoms of the rheumatic disease at the same time. Bee Venom Therapy stimulates the immune system through the hypothalamus, pituitary and adrenal glands. This therapeutic effect stimulates the immune system rather than suppressing it, completely contrary to the effects of many drugs."
~ Charles Mraz, Health and the Honeybee, Queen City Publications, 1995.

The actual healing process is still a bit of a mystery but ongoing research has identified a number of naturally occurring chemical compounds, which appear to work together in the body. One possible way that bee venom works its anti-inflammatory effects is by assisting the production of endogenous plasma cortisol in the human body. This is compared to synthetic cortisone without the side effects. Studies suggest that endogenous plasma cortisol is an important factor in the regulation of lymphocyte numbers, and also exert their effect on stressful task performance via modulation of the amygdala. Circadian rhythm of endogenous plasma cortisol production and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis are influenced by BVT.

Bee venom has antioxidant qualities, which make it effective as a booster for the natural immune system.

Research has so far established that BVT stimulates the activity of the immune system so the body produces its own healing agents. There have been studies performed which have demonstrated the existence of compounds in bees venom with important and very relevant pharmacological properties.

Amongst the most important of these seems to be Peptide-401, commonly referred to as the mast cell degranulating peptide of MCD for short. Researchers from Guys Hospital and the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology published a report in 1973 about Peptide-401 in which they demonstrated it to be 100 times more effective as an anti-inflammatory agent than hydrocortisone. However, another compound that has come under great scrutiny is Melittin which forms the bulk of dried bee’s venom. Many studies have been performed around the world investigating its properties one of which demonstrated it to inhibit the formation of free radicals which are believed to contribute to joint damage. Mellitin has also been shown to indirectly stimulate the adrenal gland to produce the body’s own cortisol by stimulating the pituitary gland to release ACTH.

Bee’s venom contains a compound called apamin which enhances long term synaptic transmission and dopamine which helps increase motor activity. In addition there is a component of bee’s venom called adolapin, also a neurotransmitter, which has been shown to have an analgesic effect which may be important for those who suffer pain as one of the symptoms. Phospholipase A2 & B, found in bee venom, selects only the cancer affected cells and destroys them. Healthy cells have a membrane which protects them and they are not affected in this process.

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Bee venom melittin blocks neutrophil O2- production
Somerfield SD, Stach JL, Mraz C, Gervais F, Skamene E.

Bee venom (BV) is used in folk medicine to treat arthritis. It has antiinflammatory effects in animal models of rheumatic disease. We have studied the effects of BV on human neutrophil production of superoxide (O2-) and hydrogen peroxide, finding potent, nontoxic, dose-dependent production inhibition. Melittin, the major fraction of BV (50-70%) shows high-affinity calmodulin binding (Kd 3 nM). Drugs which bind calmodulin, such as trifluoperazine, inhibit O2- production by human neutrophils. For these reasons we have investigated the effect of melittin and other BV peptides on O2- production by human peripheral blood leukocytes.

We show that melittin inhibited O2- production both pre- and poststimulation in contrast to other BV fractions which were without effect. Oxygen radicals and their derivatives from inflammatory cells are implicated in the tissue damage occurring during inflammation. The inhibition is due to a direct effect on cells, and not indicator medium, dismutation, toxic or scavenging effects.

We propose that melittin may serve as a prototype small (mol wt 1280), cationic, amphipathic, calmodulin-binding, membrane-active, superoxide-production-inhibiting peptide, providing a model for peptides which could have a role in in vivo regulation of radical production. ~ PMID: 3011670 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Education is one of the most important factors in the promotion and practice of Bee Therapy (apitherapy). As a result we encourage our readers to gather information before starting any kind of therapy or self-treatment with bee hive products like pollen, bee bread, honey, royal jelly, propolis, bee venom, bee brood or beeswax. Some individuals can be allergic to one of these products, thus sufficient knowledge of its use is essential.

Composition of Bee Venom

The following table expresses the composition of venom from a honeybee worker as stated in the findings of two separate studies (Dotimas and Hilder, 1987 (1); Shipolini, 1984 (2)).
Hilder, 1987 (1); Shipolini, 1984 (2)). These components were measured as a percentage of dry venom, with water makes up approximately 88% of venom before drying.
Class of Molecules Component % of Dry Venom (1) % of Dry Venom (2)

In 1982 Bulgarian researchers Shkendrov and Koburova isolated another peptide in bee venom called adolapin and showed that it had anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties.

In April 1993 Chen, Chen and Sun of the Nanjing Institute of Biochemical Pharmacy in China not only noted the anti-inflammatory properties of bee venom but also demonstrated its analgesic effects.

In July 1990 Ziai, Russek, Wang, Beer, Blume from the American Cyanamid Company, Pearl River, New York, USA commented that peptide-401 displays striking immunological and pharmacological activities. They also demonstrated that MCD significantly lowered blood pressure in rats.

Conditions Treated by Apitherapy

The American Apitherapy Society informs that the following are conditions that are  most often addressed with apitherapy:

• IMMUNE SYSTEM DYSFUNCTION OR PROBLEMS
• Multiple sclerosis (MS)
• Arthritis
• Hay fever
• NEUROLOGIC PROBLEMS
• ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease)
• Shingles
• Scar pain
• MUSCULOSKELETAL PROBLEMS
• Arthritis
• Gout
• Tendonitis, bursitis
• Spinal pain
• INFECTIOUS PROBLEMS
• Bacterial, viral, and fungal illnesses
• TRAUMAS
• Wounds, acute and chronic
• Burns
• Sprains
• Fractures
• TUMORS
• Benign
• Malignant (cancer)

Apitherapy has been also used for over 500 diseases and/or conditions. Following is a sample:

• ALLERGIES (ALLERGOLOGY)
• BV Allergy
• Bee Pollen Allergy
• Hay fever
• Ragweed polinosis
• CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES (CARDIOLOGY)
• Acute rheumatic carditis
• Angina pectoris
• Arrhythmias
• Artheritis obliterans
• Artheriosclerosis
• Atherosclerosis
• Atherosclerotic Arteritis of the Inferior Limbs
• Capillary fragility
• Cardiac diseases (non-specific)
• Cerebral atherosclerosis
• Cerebral Trombosis
• Coronary Heart Diseases
• Flebitis
• Heart insufficiences
• Haemorrhagies of vascular origin
• High Blood Pressure
• Liver congestion
• Peripheral Ischemic Degenerative Syndrome
• Peripheral Vascular Diseases
• Raynaud’s Disease
• Slow peripheral blood flow
• Varicose ulcer
• Varicosis
• BLOOD DISEASES (HEMATOLOGY)
• Anaemia
• Coagulation diseases with aplasia
• Haemorrhagic gingivitis
• Hyperlipidaemia
• RESPIRATORY APPARATUS DISEASES (PNEUMOLOGY)
• Allergic rhinitis (hay fever)
• Angina
• Asthmatic bronchitis
• Bronchial asthma
• Bronchiectasis
• Bronchitis
• Chronically cough
• Chronic non-specific diseases of lungs
• Cough
• Inflammatory diseases of the upper respiratory tract
  Influenza infection
• Laryngitis
• Non-specific chronic pneumonia
• Non-specific endo-bronchitis
• Non-specific pneumonia
• Pulmonary tuberculosis
• Rhinitis
• Tracheitis
• Tuberculosis
• DIGESTIVE APPARATUS DISEASES (GASTRO-ENTEROLOGY, HEPATOLOGY)
• Affections of the liver cells
• Chronically hepatitis
• Chronically liver diseases
• Colitis (sub-acute and chronic)
• Constipation
• Gastro-duodenal ulcer
• Gastric H. pylori colonization
• Liver cirrhosis
• KIDNEY DISEASES (NEPHROLOGY)
• Chronically kidney insufficiency
• Kidney diseases (non-specific)
• MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM DISEASES
  (RHEUMATOLOGY, MYOLOGY, OSTEOLOGY)
• Acute and Chronic Bursitis
• Ankylotic Spondyilarthritis
• Ankylotic Spondylitis Deformans
• Arthritis
• Arthrosis
• Fibrositis
• Juvenile Arthritis
• Lateral Epicondylitis (Tenis Elbow)
• Muscular Rheumatism
• Muscle Tonus Problems Ligament Troubles
• Myalgia
• Myositis
• Osteoarthritis
• Periarthritis of the shoulder with calcifications
• Poliarthritis Deformans
• Psoriatic Arthritis
• Reduced Muscle Force (Weak Muscles = Hypotonia)
• Rheumatic afflictions of muscles, nerves and articulations
• Rheumatic diseases (non-specific)
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Scheuermann’s Disease (osteochondrosis)
• Spondyloarthrosis (Clinical Arthrosis)
• Traumatic Arthritis
• NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES (NEUROLOGY)
• Asthenia
• Cerebral Trombosis
• Chronic Pain Syndrome
• Dupuytren’s Contracture
• Insomnia
• Lumbago Neuralgia
• Lumbar back pains
• Migraine
• Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
• Neuralgies
• Neurasthenia
• Neuritis
• Neurotic Disorders
• Paresthesia related to Spondyloarthrosis Meralgia Paresthetica
• Peripheral Neuritis
• Post-Herpetic Neuralgia
• Sciatica
• Zona-zoster
• EYE DISEASES (OPHTHALMOLOGY)
• Cataract
• Iridocyclitis
• Iritis
• Microbial inflammatory affections of the fore-pole of the eye
• Microbial inflammatory affections of the ocular annexes
• Ocular burns
• Ocular traumas
• Ocular anexes burns
• Ocular anexes traumas
• Status post-ophthalmic herpes
• Virus inflammatory affections of the fore-pole of the eye
• Virus inflammatory affections of the ocular annexes
• NOSE, EAR, THROAT DISEASES (OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGY)
• Acute inflammations of the middle ear
• Acute rhino-pharyngo-tonsilitis
• Acute tonsilitis
• Chronic allergical rhinitis
• Chronic allergo-infected hyperplastic rhinosinusitis
• Chronic hypertrophic rhinitis
• Chronic hypotrophic rhino-pharyngitis
• Chronic laryngitis
• Chronic medium suppurating otitis
• Chronic otitis with acute mesotympanitis
• Chronic pharyngitis
• Chronic rhino-pharyngitis
• Chronic rhino-pharyngo-tonsilitis
• Chronic simple atrophic rhino- pharyngitis
• Cochleo-vestibular syndrome
• Diffuse external otitis
• External diffuse eczematous otitis
• Hypohearing
• Influenza infection
• Mesotympanitis
• Osena
• Pharyngitis
• Phonasthenia
• Post-traumatic pharyngitis
• Sore throat
• Traumatic perforation of tympanum
• SKIN DISEASES (DERMATOLOGY)
• Acne
• Bedsores
• Breast skin sores
• Bruises ("Blue" skin after contusion)
• Burns and scalds
• Canker diseases
• Chronic furuncles
• Decubitus ulcer
• Degranulated Wounds
• Eczema
• Epidermophyses
• Erysipelas
• Folliculites
• Furunculosis
• Hair Loss
• High Sensitiveness
• Hydradenites
• Hyperkeratosis
• Infected skin lesions
• Intertrigo (infants)
• Low Sensitiveness
• Lupus Erythematosus
• Melanoma
• Moles
• Mycosis Fungoides
• Neurodermitis
• Parasitory sicosis
• Psoriasis
• Pyodermites
• Radiodermatitis
• Scars
• Scleroderma
• Seborrheic dermatitis
• Shank (calf) chronic ulcers
• Skin tuberculosis (adjutant)
• Spots alopecia
• Total alopecia
• Topical Ulcers
• Tricophysis
• Trophic Ulcers
• Varicose ulcer
• Warts
• Wounds
• Zona-zoster
• ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES (ENDOCRINOLOGY)
• Adrenal glands diseases
• Cortisol Secretion Dysfunction
• Hyperthyroidism
• Hypofoliculinic Disfunctional Syndromes
• Hypoglycemia
• Insufficiency of sexual hormones
• Irregular Periods
• Menstrual Cramps
• Mood Swings
• Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)
• NUTRITION AND METABOLIC DISEASES
• Abnormal cholesterol and triglycerides
• Anorexia (lack of appetite)
• Diabetes
• Dystrophies (dystrophy to children suffering of oligophrenia)
• General Metabolic Diseases (non-specific)
• Hyperlipidaemia
• Hypoglycemia
• GENITAL APPARATUS DISEASES (GYNECOLOGY)
• Cervix erosions
• Hypofoliculinic Dysfunctional Syndromes
• Irregular Periods
• Leucorrhoea
• Menstrual Cramps
• Menstrual Cramps
• Mood Swings
• Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)
• Sexual dynamic weakness
• Trichomonas vaginalis
• Vaginal sores (post-surgical)
• Vaginitis
• Vegetations
• Wounds (hardly healing) after gynecological surgical operations
• SEXUAL DISEASES (SEXOLOGY)
• Benign prostatic hypertrophy
• Chronic prostatitis
• Insufficiency of sexual hormones
• Prostate and seminal vesicles inflammation
• Prostate inflammation (prostatitis)
• Sexual dynamic weakness
• IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES (IMMUNOLOGY)
• AIDS
• B-Cell Enhancement
• Systemic Lupus Erithematosus
• T-Cell Suppression
• VIRAL DISEASES (VIROLOGY)
• AIDS
• Epstein Barr Virus Disease
• Flu
• Mononucleosis
• Post-Herpetic Neuralgia (Shingles)
• Warts
• CANCERS (ONCOLOGY)
• Basal cell carcinoma
• Chemotherapy (during)
• Gynaecologic cancer (non-specific)
• Lymphoma
• Malignant melanoma
• Mammary tumors
• TEETH AND MOUTH DISEASES (STOMATOLOGY, DENTISTRY)
• Canker diseases
• Caries
• Chronic peripheral parodontopathies
• Common chronic recurring aphtae
• Gingivitis
• Glossodynia
• Gum disorders
• Haemorrhagic gingivitis
• Labial cyclic recurring herpes
• Lip diseases
• Moniliasis
• Stomatitis after amygdalitis operation
• Ulcer stomatitis
• Ulceronecrotic stomatites
• PARASITE DISEASES
• Chagas
• Malaria
• Giardia lamblia
• Trichomonas sp.
• DISEASES, CONDITIONS WHICH AFFECTS THE WHOLE BODY
• Anorexia
• Convalescence
• Fever
• MENTAL DISEASES (PSYCHIATRY)
• Alcohol addiction
• Oligophrenia
• Schizophrenia

Charlie was recognized in the United States as the pioneer of bee venom therapy: the use of bee stings to treat various disorders, primarily autoimmune diseases. In addition to initiating clinical research with scientists at the Sloan-Kettering Institute and the Walter Reed Army Institute, he established the standard for purity for dried whole venom for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and was the supplier of venom to pharmaceutical companies throughout the world.

Born on July 26, 1905, he died on  September 13, 1999 at the age of 94.

Charles Mraz - Pioneer on Apitherapy (Video) Interview by Brand Weeks MD

APITHERAPY SUGGESTIONS

The medical efficacy of bee hive product (Apitherapy) has not been approved by many countries yet. This information makes no claims about the safety or efficacy of the therapeutically use of any honeybee products. If you have any medical problem always consult your own physician first!

SAFETY PROTOCOL for Bee Venom Therapy (BVT) and all Bee Hive Products

Before consuming or using the Bee Hive products like Pollen, Propolis, Royal Jelly, Bee Bread, Wax, Honey and others, one must conduct a tolerance test for hypersensitivity to make sure that you are not allergic in any way.

If you take any Beta blockers or β-blocker (Beta-Adrenergic Blocking Drugs) DO NOT USE BEE STING. Some β-blocker commonly used brand names:

If you take any Psychotropic Drugs DO NOT USE BEE STING. Some Psychotropic medications are:

If you are a Diabetic Insulin-dependent (Type 1) DO NOT USE BEE STING.

Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, formerly called juvenile diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes, is usually first diagnosed in children, teenagers, or young adults. With this form of diabetes, the beta cells of the pancreas no longer make insulin because the body’s immune system has attacked and destroyed them. Treatment for type 1 diabetes includes taking insulin and possibly another injectable medicine, making wise food choices, being physically active, taking aspirin daily—for some—and controlling blood pressure and cholesterol.

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, formerly called adult-onset diabetes or noninsulin-dependent diabetes, is the most common form of diabetes. People can develop type 2 diabetes at any age—even during childhood. This form of diabetes usually begins with insulin resistance, a condition in which fat, muscle, and liver cells do not use insulin properly. At first, the pancreas keeps up with the added demand by producing more insulin. In time, however, it loses the ability to secrete enough insulin in response to meals. Being overweight and inactive increases the chances of developing type 2 diabetes. Treatment includes using diabetes medicines, making wise food choices, being physically active, taking aspirin daily—for some—and controlling blood pressure and cholesterol.

Some women develop Gestational Diabetes Mellitus during the late stages of pregnancy. Although this form of diabetes usually goes away after the baby is born, a woman who has had it is more likely to develop type 2 diabetes later in life. Gestational diabetes is caused by the hormones of pregnancy or a shortage of insulin.

If you use Adrenocortical Steroids (Corticosteroid) which is a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's immune response DO NOT USE BEE STING. They include:

If you use Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) is a drug that suppresses inflammation in a manner similar to steroids, effective in alleviating pain and fever. They act by inhibiting the synthesis of prostaglandins, leukotrienes, and other compounds that are involved in the inflammatory process DO NOT USE BEE STING. They include:

If you have Liver or Adrenal Glands issues DO NOT USE BEE STING.

Before doing anything, obtain a bee sting kit and learn how to use it. Includes an antihistamine and an epinephrine auto-injector. Be sure to know how to use it, just for emergencies.

If you are taking any β-blocker DO NOT USE EPINEPHRINE.

If you have high blood pressure (hypertension), congestive heart failure (CHF), abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias), or chest pain (angina), DO NOT USE EPINEPHRINE.

If you use Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOES) which are a class of antidepressants used for the treatment of depression, DO NOT USE EPINEPHRINE.

Some of the Unselective MAO-A and MAO-B inhibitors:

2C-T-21 (also occasionally implicated in accidental overdose)
2C-T-7 (occasionally implicated in accidental overdose)
4-MTA (very dangerous due to its serotonin-releasing properties and sometimes fatal)
5-MeO-AMT (weakly; 5-MeO-AET is likely to be an MAOI as well)
AET (Monase) (weakly)
Amphetamine (Adderall, Dexedrine, Vyvanse) (weakly in high doses)
AMT (Indopan) (weakly)
Befloxatone
Benmoxin (Nerusil, Neuralex)
Brofaromine (Consonar)
Catechin (found in cat's claw)
Cimoxatone
Clorgyline
Curcumin (found in turmeric)
Desmethoxyyangonin (found in kava kava)
Echinopsidine Iodide (Adepren)
Epicatechin (also found in cat's claw)
Fo-Ti (active constituent unknown)
Furazolidone (Furoxone, Dependal-M) (an antibiotic)
Ginkgo (active constituent unknown)
Harmala alkaloids (found in tobacco, Syrian rue, passion flower, and ayahausca)
Harmaline
Harmine
Hydralazine (Apresoline) (an anti-hypertensive agent and hydrazine derivative)
Hydrazines
Hydroxytyrosol (found in olive oil)
Iproclozide (Sursum)
Iproniazid (Marsilid, Iprozid, Ipronid, Rivivol, Propilniazida)
Isocarboxazid (Marplan)
Lazabemide
Linezolid (Zyvox, Zyvoxam, Zyvoxid) (an antibiotic occasionally implicated in drug interactions)
Liquorice (active constituent unknown)
Macromerine (found in coryphantha cacti)
Mebanazine (Actomol)
Metfendrazine (H.M.-11)
Methamphetamine (Desoxyn) (weakly in high doses)
Methylene Blue
Minaprine (Cantor)
Moclobemide (Aurorix, Manerix)
Myristicin (found in nutmeg, parsley, and dill)
Nialamide (Niamid)
Non-hydrazines
Others (selectivity unknown)
Pargyline (Eutonyl)
Phenelzine (Nardil)
Pheniprazine (Catron)
Phenoxypropazine (Drazine)
Piperine (found in pepper)
Pirlindole (Pirazidol)
Pivalylbenzhydrazine (Tersavid, Neomarsilid)
PMA (PMMA and PMEA are likely to be weak MAOIs as well; all three are very dangerous similar to 4-MTA)
Procarbazine (Matulane, Natulan, Indicarb) (an antineoplastic chemotherapy drug and hydrazine derivative)
Rasagiline (Azilect)
Rhodiola Rosea (active constituent unknown)
Safrazine (Safra)
Selective MAO-A inhibitors
Selective MAO-B inhibitors
Selegiline (Deprenyl, Emsam)
Siberian Ginseng (active constituent unknown)
St John's wort (active constituent unknown)
Tetrahydroharmine
Toloxatone (Humoryl)
Tranylcypromine (Parnate)
Tribulus Terrestris (harmala alkaloids)
Tyrima (CX157)
Yerba Mate (active constituent unknown)
Yohimbe (active constituent unknown)

Some people are allergic to honeybees, approximately 1% of the population is known to be allergic. If you are truly allergic to HoneyBees DO NOT USE BEE STING.

Using the EpiPen (epinephrine) (Video)

Most people mistakenly believe they are allergic for the following reasons:

• When they get stung on the hand, their arm swells up, gets red and itches a lot.(extremities)
• They were accidentally stung by a bee and had a strong reaction.
• They were told that they were allergic to bees.

When you get stung on the hand and your arm swells up, and gets red and itchy, this is a good sign. It means that your immune system is working. If you had a bad reaction after being stung accidentally you were probably stung by yellow jackets and not honeybees, because honeybees don’t live in the ground. If you think you are allergic to bees because you are allergic to yellow jackets and/or a wasp, this may not be accurate; it does not mean that you are necessarily allergic to honeybees.

The only way to know if you are allergic to honeybees is to get a test sting, PLEASE DO THIS FIRST! If you have trouble breathing within the first 4-9 minutes after being stung, then you are allergic to honeybees. You will need to use the bee sting kit (epinephrine and anti-histamine) prescribed by your doctor. Be sure you read the directions on the package before you get your test sting. Remember, the only reaction to bee stings that is life threatening is an anaphylactic reaction that may impede you from breathing.

Start with one test and observe. After you know that you are not allergic, it is important to increase slowly the number of stings you get. Start with micro-doses the first time. With a chronic illness increase the number of stings or micro-doses according to each case. It is very important not to jump from one sting to multiple stings. Don't give the body more than it can handle. Remember "less is more." If you have a chronic condition is recommended to receive stings approximately 2 to 3 times a week for 6 months.

Healing is a process that takes time and it is important not to give up. Each individual is unique, so take your own time and observe your own process. For some, the process is not short-term.

If you have stopped the bee stings for more than two weeks, always restart with one test sting again. DON’T BE OVER CONFIDENT! After 15 minutes you can proceed, but do not start at the level where you left off. Start with just a few stings and work your way back up.

Do not consume alcoholic beverages or recreational drugs while doing bee venom therapy.

Avoid bee venom therapy while pregnant or on your menstrual cycle; if you have not eaten well or have not had enough sleep; if you are receiving dental treatment (anesthesia); or, if you have experienced strong emotions lately.

Do not do BVT without adequate vitamin C. It is highly recommended that you take 2-3000 milligrams of Vitamin C daily. Bee stings stimulate the adrenal glands to make cortisol, but the adrenal glands need Vitamin C to do this.

If you use Adrenocortical Steroids (Corticosteroid) which is a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's immune response. They include:

SOME OTHER CONTRAINDICATIONS

VANISHING BEES - Colony Collapse Disorder

Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) is the name that has been given to the latest, and what seems to be the most serious, die-off of honey bee colonies across the country. It is characterized by, sudden colony bee disappearance without any death of the bees Honey and bee bread are usually present and there is often evidence of recent brood rearing. In some cases, the queen and a small number of survivor bees may be present in the brood nest. It is also characterized by delayed robbing and slower than normal invasion by common pests such as wax moth and small hive beetles.

Why Are Honeybees Disappearing? (Video)

Colony Collapse Disorder and Pollinator Decline Statement of May R. Berenbaum, Professor and Head, Department of Entomology University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Chair, Committee on the Status of Pollinators in North America, Board on Life Sciences and Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council, The National Academies before the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture Committee on Agriculture U.S. House of Representatives. March 29, 2007.

PBS NATURE: “Silence of the Bees”, the importance of pollinators in our food chain

In the winter of 2006, a strange phenomenon fell upon honeybee hives across the country. Without a trace, millions of bees vanished from their hives, leaving billions of dollars of crops at risk and potentially threatening our food supply. The epidemic set researchers scrambling to discover why honeybees were dying in record numbers — and to stop the epidemic in its tracks before it spread further

>> See full Video Episodes by clicking this link <<

Colony Collapse Disorder and Pollinator Decline Statement of May R. Berenbaum, Professor and Head, Department of Entomology University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Chair, Committee on the Status of Pollinators in North America, Board on Life Sciences and Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council, The National Academies before the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture Committee on Agriculture U.S. House of Representatives. March 29, 2007.

BEE DANCE (Waggle Dance)

The waggle dance is how bees communicate with one another to share information to the location of a foraging source. The food source could be pollen, nectar, water and even place trees from which to make propolis. The dance is an effort to recruit other foragers so when they leave the hive they can make a beeline to the source without having to waste time searching themselves for some forage. The waggle dance is very complex for a human to understand but bees can comprehend the directions from it easily. The length of the dance, the speed, and movement of the returning forager on the comb all give the foragers being recruited information to the location of the resource. The "map" that is given by a dancing bee comprises of the distance and direction from the hive. The angle to the sun is used for direction and the bees change their dance through the day to compensate for the sun's movement thought the sky.

Dancing Honeybee Use Vector Calculus to Communicate (Video)

BEE POLLEN

The science involving the study of Bee Pollen is known as Palynology.

Pollen is a fine to coarse powder containing the microgametophytes of seed plants, which produce the male gametes (sperm cells). It is the male reproductive part of the flower. The bee uses their combs to brush the pollen powder from her coat and legs in mid-flight. The bees push the gathered gold into their baskets, which are surrounded by a fringe of long hairs, are simply concave areas located on the outside of her tibias.

A full hive can pull in as many as 50,000 loads of pollen a day.  One of the most interesting facts about bee pollen is that it cannot be synthesized in a laboratory. When researchers take away a bee's pollen-filled comb and feed her manmade pollen, the bee dies even though all the known nutrients are present in the lab-produced synthesized food. An enzyme is added to prevent germination, metabolizing the pollen for food, thus preserving the bee pollen benefit nutritionally.

Many thousands of chemical analyses of bee pollen have been made with the very latest diagnostic equipment, but there are still some elements present in bee pollen that science cannot identify. The bees add some mysterious "extra" of their own. These unidentifiable elements may very well be the reason bee pollen works so spectacularly against so many diverse conditions of ill health.

There is a substance in bee pollen that inhibits the development of numerous harmful bacteria. It contains an antibiotic factor effective against salmonella and some strains of bacteria. On the clinical a regulatory effect on intestinal function can be attributed to bee pollen. The presence of a high proportion of cellulose and fiber in pollen, as well as the existence of antibiotic factors, contributes to its efficacious effect.

Since bee pollen derives from plant origin its chemical composition will vary somewhat depending on plant source, season and geographic location. Approximately 50% of its structure comprises polysaccharides (carbohydrates), followed by 35% amino acids and proteins, 2% fatty acids and 3% minerals and vitamins.

Pollen contains over 5,000 enzymes and co-enzymes, far more than is naturally present in any other food, and it also contains all 21 essential (cannot be synthesized by humans and therefore must be supplied in our diet) & nonessential amino acids.

Bee pollen is denser in protein than any source from animals―up to 5 times more protein than meat. This can provide a much safer source of protein without the worry of high intakes of saturated fats (not to mention the numerous established links between animal proteins and cancer).

Bee pollen is a concentrated source of the B vitamin complex―this provides energy. This is why bee pollen products are usually marketed as energy supplements or energizers.

The vitamin B complex, along with vitamins A, C, D, E, selenium, lecithin and powerful phytochemicals (carotenoids and bioflavonoids) make bee pollen a potent source of antioxidants.

The various therapeutic health benefits of bee pollen are believed to largely stem from the antioxidant and disease preventing/curing properties of bioflavonoids and carotenoids.

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Chemical Composition of Bee Pollen
From "Bee Pollen, Royal Jelly, Propolis and Honey", by Rita Elkins, M.A.

Bee Pollen also contains 17 percent of rutin (vitamin P).

Hormones

• Gonadotropic and Estrogenic
• HGH (human growth hormone factor)

ROYAL JELLY
Information from Wikipedia

Royal jelly is secreted from the glands in the heads of worker bees, and fed to bee larvae. After a few days, the larvae that have potential to develop into queens continue to be fed this nectar. It is harvested by stimulating colonies with movable frame hives to produce queen bees. Royal jelly is collected from each individual queen cell (honeycomb) when the queen larvae are about four days old. It is collected from queen cells because these are the only cells in which large amounts are deposited; when royal jelly is fed to worker larvae, it is fed directly to them, and they consume it as it is produced, while the cells of queen larvae are "stocked" with royal jelly much faster than the larvae can consume it. Therefore, only in queen cells is the harvest of royal jelly practical.

Royal jelly is composed of 60 to 70 percent water, 12 to 15 percent protein, 10 to 16 percent sugars, and 3 to 6 percent fats, with vitamins, salts, and free amino acids making up the rest.

Royal jelly is collected and sold as a dietary supplement, claiming various health benefits because of components like B-complex vitamins such as pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) and vitamin B6 (pyridoxine). The overall composition of royal jelly is 67% water, 12.5% crude protein (including small amounts of many different amino acids), and 11% simple sugars (monosaccharides), also including a relatively high amount (5%) of fatty acids. It also contains many trace minerals, some enzymes, antibacterial and antibiotic components, and trace amounts of vitamin C. The fat-soluble vitamins, A, D, E and K, are completely absent from royal jelly.

The honey bee queens and workers represent one of the most striking examples of environmentally controlled phenotypic polymorphism. In spite of their identical, clonal nature at the DNA level they are strongly differentiated across a wide range of characteristics including anatomical and physiological differences, the longevity of the queen and reproductive capacity. Queens constitute the sexual caste and have large active ovaries, whereas workers have only rudimental inactive ovaries and are functionally sterile. The queen/worker developmental divide is controlled epigenetically by differential feeding with royal jelly. A female larva destined to become a queen is fed large quantities of royal jelly that triggers a cascade of molecular events resulting in queen development. It has been shown that this phenomenon is mediated by an epigenetic modification of DNA known as CpG methylation. Silencing the expression of an enzyme that methylates DNA in newly hatched larvae led to a royal jelly-like effect on the larval developmental trajectory; the majority of individuals with reduced DNA methylation levels emerged as queens with fully developed ovaries. This finding suggests that DNA methylation in honey bees is used for storing epigenetic information that can be differentially altered by nutritional input.

Royal jelly has been reported as a possible immunomodulatory agent in Graves' disease. It has also been reported to stimulate the growth of glial cells[9] and neural stem cells in the brain. To date, there is preliminary evidence that it may have some cholesterol-lowering, anti-inflammatory, wound-healing, and antibiotic effects, though the last three of these effects are unlikely to be realized if ingested (due to the destruction of the substances involved through digestion, or neutralization via changes in pH). Research also suggests that the 10-Hydroxy-2-decenoic acid (10-HDA) found in royal jelly may inhibit the vascularization of tumors. There are also some preliminary experiments (on cells and lab animals) in which royal jelly may have some benefit regarding certain other diseases, though there is no solid evidence for those claims, and further experimentation and validation would be needed to prove any useful benefit.

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Royal jelly can also be found in some beauty products.

Royal jelly may cause allergic reactions in humans ranging from hives, asthma, to even fatal anaphylaxis. The incidence of allergic side effect in people that consume royal jelly is unknown. However, it has been suggested that the risk of having an allergy to royal jelly is higher in people who already have known allergies.

PROPOLIS

Bees create propolis, a natural resin, to build their hives. Propolis is made from the buds of conifer and poplar trees, beeswax, and other bee secretions. Historically, propolis was used in Greece to treat abscesses. The Assyrians also used propolis to heal wounds and tumors, while the Egyptians used it for mummification.

Propolis has shown promise in dentistry for dental caries and as a natural sealant and enamel hardener. The effectiveness of propolis against herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 and parasitic infections has been demonstrated in early studies.

Bee Propolis (Video)

Therapeutic effect of propolis
Propolis, a natural beehive product has been known for centuries for a variety of beneficial traditional medicinal properties. The present study was conducted to ascertain the antineoplastic potential of propolis along with paclitaxel against experimental mammary carcinogenesis. Female Sprague Dawley rats at 55 days of age were treated with dimethylbenz(a)anthracene to induce breast cancer. Paclitaxel at a dose of 33 mg/kg body mass intraperitoneally and propolis 50 mg/kg body weight orally was administered to the experimental animals, immediately after the carcinogen treatment and continued until the termination of the study.

At the end of the treatment activities of phase I and II xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes and liver marker enzymes were measured. A significant increase in carcinogen activating enzymes, cytochrome P"4"5"0, cytochrome b"5 and NADPH cytochrome C reductase with concomitant decrease in phase II enzymes, glutathione transferase and UDP-glucuronyl transferase were observed in animals with mammary cancer. Furthermore there was a significant decrease in alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase with a sharp increase in alkaline phosphatase, acid phosphatase and 5' nucleotidase. Propolis treatment caused the activity of these enzymes return to almost normal control levels, indicating the protective effect of propolis against dimethyl benz(a) anthracene induced carcinogenesis.

On the basis of the observed results propolis can be considered a promising chemotherapeutic agent and can be administered as an adjuvant with paclitaxel chemotherapy. ~ Therapeutic effect of propolis and paclitaxel on hepatic phase I and II enzymes and marker enzymes in dimethylbenz(a)anthracene-induced breast cancer in ... Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C, Padmavathi, Senthilnathan, Sakthisekaran

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