“Bee venom also contained antimicrobial properties,” Sommers said. “It reproduced collagen and elastin and blood flow in the skin, and it had a similar but, of course, ...

It may seem wacky, but bee venom therapy works to help treat late-stage Lyme disease or chronic Lyme symptoms, says Tracy Brobyn, MD, a physician at the Chung Institute of Integrative Medicine in ...

When a bee stings, it injects venom, which contains a complex mixture of proteins and enzymes. These include melittin, phospholipase A2, and hyaluronidase, each playing a role in causing pain ...

While studies have found bee venom was effective at killing cancer cells in a lab setting, such findings have not been replicated in humans. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ...

Frightening footage captured by an electron microscope shows what happens after a person sustains a bee sting, with the insect's stinger sawing into flesh and unleashing a potent venom that ...

While most people have mild reactions to bee stings, between 0.4% and 3.3% of the general population are estimated to be allergic to bee venom Hockenhull, J., Elremeli, M. and Cherry, M.G, et al.

Bee venom contains proteins that affect the skin cells and immune system, resulting in pain and swelling at the site of the sting, even if a person is not allergic to the venom.