Researchers at the Center for Maya Studies of the National Autonomous University of Mexico found that the Maya had extensive knowledge of entomology and used honey to treat various diseases and as a remedy for bites and stings.

Apply and develop technological innovation in products derived from honey to create a gel preventive use of vaginal infections in women is the goal of Jorge Rivera Pech, currently sells propolis based soaps, multivitamins and candies. He added that the product is new and reflects a need raised by the medical community, especially in tropical regions such as the Southeast.

One of the largest exporters of honey from Brazil, headquartered in Araranguá in the South, and Santa Luzia do Paruah (MA) and Nonato (PI), the bee saw a new source of income. Besides working with extraction of honey and pollen, two months ago the company explores a product called melittin, which consists largely with the  insect venom.

Interview with  MD Walter Fierro Morales, apiterapist and  beekeeper  from Montevideo, Uruguay

If you have a toddler with a cough and neither of you are getting much-needed sleep, a safe, sweet solution may be a touch of honey. While a new study indicates honey can be a safe treatment for toddlers with cough, parents still should be aware of when honey is not safe for children.

A rejuvenating cream that promises action is produced in Tatura (SP) and is gaining market by using a component somewhat peculiar. The product is based on bee venom.

Antonio Pagan Ostenta, is the "Bees' Doctor" as many call him, he is officially a naturologist  since 1979, although in his native Puerto Rico he learned the technique long before

You can buy bee venom powder in Georgian Republic as in  New Zealand and many countries around the world

Alternative medicine uses a somewhat different method and painful for the cure of diseases. The apitherapy is to use products for therapeutic treatment of the bees. In these cases, are used honey, pollen, royal jelly and bee venom from bee stings. According to its adherents, this practice can cure diseases of the respiratory, cardiovascular, genitourinary and gastrointestinal illness in the neurological and dermatological disorders, such as cellulitis.

Watch in this video how a  bee farmer is using the venom of the bees to treat people suffering from multiple medical conditions, including arthritis and paralysis.