The Problem with Bee Venom Therapy

Does bee venom therapy work? Stings cause pain, itching, or even death in some people, so how might potential benefits outweigh the risks? Hosted by: Michael Aranda Head to https://scishowfinds.com/ for hand selected artifacts of the universe! ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: Jerry Perez, Lazarus G, Sam Lutfi, Kevin Knupp, Nicholas Smith, D.A. Noe, alexander wadsworth, سلطان الخليفي, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Bader AlGhamdi, James Harshaw, Patrick D. Ashmore, Candy, Tim Curwick, charles george, Saul, Mark Terrio-Cameron, Viraansh Bhanushali. Kevin Bealer, Philippe von Bergen, Chris Peters, Justin Lentz ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://www.worldallergy.org/professional/allergic_diseases_center/insect_allergy/ https://books.google.com/books?id=WcJEAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA79#v=onepage&q&f=false http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/art.20626/full http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/9/11/361 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0163725807000782?via%3Dihub#bib80 http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/4/11/e006140.short http://www.journal.ac/sub/view2/169 http://www.jpain.org/article/S1526-5900(07)01021-8/fulltext http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0126971 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0753332217300720?via%3Dihub https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/acm.2016.0250 http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0126971 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304383517303324 https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=262689578 http://www.jiaci.org/revistas/vol28issue1_6-2.pdf https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006295206006010?via%3Dihub https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1043661804001938?via%3Dihub http://www.beeculture.com/bee-venom-chemistry-ouch/ http://n.neurology.org/content/65/11/1764.short Images: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stechende_Biene_12a.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hippocrates.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Apis_mellifera_Western_honey_bee.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lemon-906141.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bee-sting-piqure-abeille-scale-2.jpg