I Thought There Were No Human Studies on Bee Venom Therapy for Lyme. I Was Dead Wrong.
If you want to skip to the study’s executive summary, you can scroll to the bottom and read the original publication.
How did this study find me?
Oh you know, yet another story of the honey bees humbling me and doing the heavy lifting of connecting me to the right people at the exact right moment.
On April 6th, 2026 I gave a short presentation sharing about Apitherapy and my personal story of healing Lyme disease with Bee Venom Therapy. I had a lot of surprise, interest, and engagement. Someone in the audience challenged me. He asked if there were any promising human studies on this. I was honest. I said human studies were expensive—and pharma gets nothing from doing it—so there wasn’t any. That to my knowledge we only had promising petri dish studies, nothing in humans.
Then Dave came up to me afterward and handed me this study. Turns out he’s a medical researcher! What AI had failed to find for years, he did on his phone multi-tasking. I was floored. And deeply grateful.
So before anything else — thank you, Dave. You're the reason I know (and now you do too!) that this exists. And it gives so much hope for this work.
Who conducted this study?
Amber Rose, PhD., L.Ac. — a Board Certified acupuncturist and licensed social worker is a true pioneer in this space, and honestly, a kindred spirit. I just bought her book “Pioneers Companion Workbook: Acupuncture Treatment Plans and Pathways”.
Her bio reads, “Amber Rose, PhD., L. Ac. (Board Certified-NCCAOM), LMSW, is an expert, pioneer, and maverick in the field of immunology. Her approach to healing is unlike anything you have ever seen before. Her Bee Venom research goes back 22 years and she also has 30 years of experience as an acupuncturist. Dr. Rose has treated over 55,000 patients with Lyme, MS, HIV/AIDS, CFS, Fibromyalgia, Lupus, ALS, Parkinson’s, Arthritis, and chronic pain. She had a free clinic in Bethesda, MD for four years.”
And yes, I reached out to her to see if she can connect. If anyone wants to buy me her book, “Bee in Balance” for $90 on eBay, I will very gladly accept.
What is the study exploring?
Whether bee venom therapy could actually move the needle for real Lyme patients — not in a lab, not in a petri dish, but in real human bodies.
How is the experiment set up?
Sixty Lyme patients, ages 25 to 68, were split into two groups. Forty received Bee Venom Therapy combined with a detox protocol. Twenty did antibiotics only. Then Amber watched what happened.
It’s worth noting there are some drawbacks—it’s only 60 patients, not double-blind, and it didn’t follow the patients long-term.
What are the study findings?
Two patients fully recovered after two and a half years — completely normal blood work, zero symptoms, no trace of Lyme or co-infections. Eight more hit 85–90% recovery within a year, reporting more energy, mental clarity, and barely any remaining symptoms. Thirty others saw their symptoms meaningfully improve — some within just one week of starting treatment.
The antibiotic-only group? Their symptoms got worse.
What does this mean for us?
It means we have real, human evidence that bee venom therapy makes a significant difference in the quality of life for Lyme patients — and that BVT combined with a detox protocol is a safe path forward. This isn't fringe anymore. This is data.
