Look, there has been plenty of research done on this topic. Here is the list of references from my article:

Beck, B. F. (1935). Bee Venom Therapy- Bee Venom, Its Nature, and Its Effect on Arthritic and Rheumatoid Conditions, D. Appleton-Century Company. Inc. New York and London. 

 Cuende, E., Fraguas, J., Pena, J. E., Pena, F., Garcia, J. C., & Gonzalez, M. (1999). Beekeeper’ arthropathy. The Journal of rheumatology, 26(12), 2684-2690. Dotimas, E. M., & Hider, R. C. (1987). Honeybee venom. Bee world, 68(2), 51- 70. 

 Hollander, J. L. (1941). Bee venom in the treatment of chronic arthritis. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 201(6), 796-801. 

 Kim, C. M. (2013). Apitherapy–bee venom therapy. In Biotherapy-History, Principles and Practice (pp. 77-112). Springer Netherlands. 

 Kim, C.M. (2013). Standardized bee venom preparation. U.S. Patent 8,440,234. Komi, D. E. A., Shafaghat, F., & Zwiener, R. D. (2017). Immunology of Bee Venom. Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology, 1-11. 

 McDonald, J.A., Li, F.P., & Mehta, C.R. (1979). Cancer mortality among beekeepers. Journal of Occupational Medicine, 21, 811–813. 

 Mraz, C. (1995). Health and the honeybee. Queen City Publications. Burlington, VT Mraz, C. et al. (1987). The four seasons of Charlie Mraz. Green Mountain Cablevision. Producers: Louis Hegyesi and Charles Sheukehicz. 

 Münstedt, K., Hackethal, A., & Schmidt, K. (2005). Bee venom therapy, bee venom acupuncture or apipuncture--what is the evidence behind the various health claims? American bee journal. 

 Munstedt, K., Hellner, M., Winter, D., & Von Georgi, R. (2008). Allergy to bee venom in beekeepers in Germany. Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology, 18(2), 100. 

 Park, J. H., Yim, B. K., Lee, J. H., Lee, S., & Kim, T. H. (2015). Risk associated with bee venom therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PloS one, 10(5), e0126971. 

 Stanhope, J., Carver, S., & Weinstein, P. (2017). Health outcomes of beekeeping: a systematic review. Journal of Apicultural Research, 56(2), 100-111. 

 Schmidt JO. (2015). Allergy to venomous insects. In: Graham J, editor. The Hive and the Honey Bee. Hamilton, IL: Dadant and Sons. p. 907–52. 

 Schmidt, J. O. (2016). The sting of the wild. JHU Press. 

 Vetter, R. S., Visscher, P. K., & Camazine, S. (1999). Mass envenomations by honey bees and wasps. Western Journal of Medicine, 170(4), 223.

PS I would be happy to send you a copy of the article

PLB

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