How it went
Did it last?
- 3 of 5 said the benefit wore off (including the 1 who relapsed).
- No one said they needed to keep it up to stay well.
Read from what people wrote. A story that ends without a follow-up counts as lasting, so treat these as minimums.
| Outcome described | Accounts | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Full recovery | 3 | 60% |
| Near-full | 0 | 0% |
| Substantial | 0 | 0% |
| Partial | 1 | 20% |
| Relapsed | 1 | 20% |
| No benefit | 0 | 0% |
Only 5 accounts. Treat these percentages as anecdotes, not rates.
Who published these accounts
Right-hand number: share describing a full or near-full recovery. Pages that sell something, and advocacy sites, tend to publish only the successes.
How often it comes up
Posts that mention Apitherapy (bee venom, propolis), per 1,000 posts each year. Hover a point for the count.
Show as a table
| Year | Posts mentioning it | All posts | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 0 | 184 | 0.0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 682 | 0.0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 704 | 0.0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1,491 | 0.7 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1,708 | 0.0 |
| 2014 | 3 | 2,352 | 1.3 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,158 | 3.7 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1,431 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 3,110 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2,201 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1,075 | 0.9 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2,581 | 0.0 |
| 2021 | 2 | 1,867 | 1.1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1,166 | 0.0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1,000 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1,237 | 1.6 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1,019 | 2.9 |
| 2026 (so far) | 0 | 840 | 0.0 |
Posts in the forum threads we archived, 26,806 in all, counted per year. A mention means the post names the treatment, not that the writer took it. These threads all contain a recovery story, so they show what those communities discussed, not everyone with ME/CFS or long COVID. All trends
All 5 accounts
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News about mould. What helped you, can it help me …?
Combining Gupta Retraining, the DNRS/Hooper protocol, and a Klinghardt-style regimen of intranasal myrrh followed by propolis-cream nasal blocking, plus isopropanol spraying and frequent tissue changes for ongoing mould exposure at home, she describes nine…
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Stinging Her Way Back to Health
Used bee venom therapy along with vitamin B12 supplementation for ME/CFS. Specific dosing and illness duration are not given in the excerpt. The site's own framing is that Nancy relapsed at one point after an earlier improvement, and that bee venom therapy…
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Stinging Her Way Back to Health
Nancy developed chronic fatigue syndrome in 1994 and experienced a relapse along the way. She credits bee venom therapy, which she says is not a cure but helped her get her life back, together with vitamin B12, hypnotherapy, guided meditation and…
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Reducing the Sting of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia with Bee Venom
Bee venom therapy: six live bee stings applied every other day for six months to relieve chronic fatigue syndrome symptoms. She had persistent fatigue and muscle aches that had not responded to prior treatments before starting. The stings did not cure her…
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Stinging Her Way Back to Health
Credits bee venom. An unnamed patient had ME/CFS and is described as fully recovered. Sting-based therapy implied.