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

excerpts and comments:	

> Physicians dating back to Hippocrates used honeybee venom (HBV) to treat a variety of illnesses.  The proponents of bee venom are extensive.

* This is proof of nothing. Spells and incantations were used as well. Faith healing has millions of proponents, but it is a belief system, not a science or a medical practice.

> ... rheumatism, arthritis, migraine, peripheral neuritis, chronic back pain, multiple sclerosis, lupus, eczema, psoriasis, herpes can be effectively treated. Most recently, bee venom is being investigated for treatment of cancerous tumors as well ... 

* For me, the longer the list of ailments supposedly cured by a given treatment, more red flags go up. There is no such thing as a "cure-all." 

* History is riddled with bogus "cures" including plain water. Hydropathy was proclaimed as “the negation of orthodox therapy; it was intended to make medicine redundant.”

see:

Marland, H., & Adams, J. (2009). Hydropathy at Home:: The Water Cure and Domestic Healing in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Britain. Bulletin of the History of Medicine, 499.

Borst, P. L. (2017). The Bee's Sting. The American Bee Journal. 157(9), 993-997

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