Chris, 
As someone with a background in the treatment of musculo-skeletal injuries, I have to respond to an inaccuracy in your post, and comment in general on the (mostly anecdotal) folk-remedy belief that bee venom cures arthritis.  There does exist limited evidence for beneficial reductions of pain from bee venom, but the mechanism has more to do with noxious stimuli attenuating the nervous system:   

"Several studies suggested that the effects of bee venom were intensified by acupuncture stimulations, which may help in reaching therapeutic goals. The anti-nociceptive property of BVA [ bee venom acupuncture ] may be explained by the process of counter irritation; that is, when noxious stimuli are applied to body regions, these stimuli increase the pain thresholds and reduce pain rating scores through the body. For centuries, pain has been relieved by counter-irritation methods such as moxibustion (a method of burning herbs to stimulate acupuncture points) on arthritic limbs.

... there is limited evidence demonstrating the efficacy of BVA in arthritis. Rigorous trials with large sample size and adequate design are needed to define the role of BVA for these indications."

"An Overview of Bee Venom Acupuncture in the Treatment of Arthritis"
Jae-Dong Lee, Hi-Joon Park, Younbyoung Chae, and Sabina Lim   
 in Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2005 Mar; 2(1): 79–84.

Finally, tennis elbow is not an arthritic condition; it's a repetitive strain injury of tendons near the elbow joint, as is golfer's elbow:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_elbow

Cheers!

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