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For centuries, bee venom therapy has been used as a folk medicine for arthritis-related diseases and certain painful disorders.

Ben E.Benjamin, Ph.D

My whole life has changed for the better since I found the honeybees who are now one of my life's commitments until a cure for MS is found.

Kelly Ames

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Excerpt From The Arlington Advocate,January, 1997
Dr. Theodore Chebuliez, president of the American Apitherapy Society, estimates that 4,000 multiple sclerosis sufferers in the United States have tried bee venom therapy."It's not a cure," [Kelly] Ames said."I hope they do find a cure, but until then it (bee venom) relieves the symptoms. I have no more attacks."  

Excerpt From The Boston Globe, HEALTH/SCIENCE May,1996
...[in the] 1950s...scientists, chiefly in Bulgaria and Germany, began taking bee venom seriously.  Later, researchers at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research got interested, too, among them Robert Brooks, a Pennsylvania beekeeper and pharmacologist. Bee venom contains about 40 ingredients, says Brooks, including anti-inflammatory substances, one of which may be 1,000 times stronger than indomethacin, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug.  

Excerpt from Star, July, 1997
Ailing Annette Funicello, who's been battling crippling multiple sclerosis, has new hope for a cure -- the venom from honeybee stings. ...the former Mouseketeer and beach-movie queen -- who was diagnosed with the disease 10 years ago -- is almost blind, has difficulty talking and is mostly bedridden. But everyday honeybees...could be the answer to the 54-year-old Annette's prayers.  

Excerpt From The Arlington Advocate, March, 1998
Arlington's Kelly Ames, 29, said she was blind in her left eye and on her way to a wheelchair when she decided that she would not place all her hope in the conventional medical treatments.  It took three months of apitherapy before she could even feel the sting, but slowly her immune system started to wake up. Ames gradually regained her eyesight and stopped walking with a cane."I think people should treat MS with bee venom. There are a lot of people who are doing all these medications, and I would recommend to try the bees before you do the chemicals. Half the people doing the chemicals get sicker from it." Ames said. Since her recovery, Ames has committed herself to spreading the word of how bee venom therapy can help MS patients. On a daily basis she receives thank you notes and gifts from around the world form people who have tried the therapy and are happy with the results.  

Excerpt from The Cape Cod Times, July 29, 1997
When the woman talked bee-sting therapy in the support group, Kelly had thought,"What a weirdo". After 4 1/2 months of bee venom therapy...she could walk without a cane. Ames is back to working full time in the admissions department of the Harvard Business School....Enthusiastic and fast talking, Ames walks the two family dogs -- two tiny white bicon frises -- bicycles and works out three times a week on Nautilus weight-training machines. Recently, staffers working for two of the more well-known MS sufferers -- Annette Funicello and Richard Pryor -- have contacted Ames to learn more about the therapy.  

Excerpt from The Arlington Advocate, May 18, 1995
Although a grass roots movement in the U.S., BVT (bee venom therapy) reportedly dates back more than a thousand years in Asia. Whether the proof that it works is anecdotal or not, BVT allows people with MS to put control of the treatment in their own hands, literally. Another significant reason BVT flies in the face of conventional treatment is that it's free. The beekeepers give up the female honeybees for nothing. But it's not about money, or convention, for Ames. It's about life. The birds and the bees."What it's all about is people helping people" she said.  

Excerpt From The Concord Journal July 11, 1996

UNSOLVED MYSTERIES Visits Cranberry Bog

"Unsolved Mysteries" producer Emily Barry said the show's programmers got interested in bee venom therapy after reading accounts of seemingly miraculous recoveries in the local press."...they couldn't find an actor to play his [the beekeeper's] part."Apparently there are no stunt men willing to reach into a bee hive and fill up a jar with bees". For her part, Ames was a bit star-struck by the chance to be portrayed by an actress and appear in front of the camera as herself.....The actress did get one sharp surprise though, when a supposedly dead bee came to life long enough to give her a firsthand feeling of bee venom therapy.

  

Excerpt from The Lexington Minuteman, August 4, 1995
Participants in the bee venom therapy group must also take vitamins, especially vitamin C, and follow a healthy nutrition regimen during the six-month period. Red meat, dairy products, coffee, caffeine, white sugar and alcohol are taboo. Medicines should only be stopped after consultation with one's doctor.  

Excerpt from The Cambridge Chronicle January 9, 1997
Kelly had tried everything else, including going to Lourdes in France and getting holy water. At this point, Kelly is something of an expert on the subject. She also runs a support group in Lexington once a month, and estimates that nearly half of those who use bee venom find it successfully treats their symptoms.  

Excerpt from Sunday Herald Health and Fitness, September 24, 1995
THE STING'S THE THING! "It's a miracle. It's given me my life back", said Ames....."With the bees I don't feel like I have the disease. I have to remind myself I have it."