There are many doorways in to working with the bees and me, depending on where you are and what you need. Here's everything on offer right now, plus a couple of things blooming on the horizon.
Available now
Remote bee venom teaching—personalized guidance for learning how to sting yourself safely and confidently, from your first sting through maintaining a steady healing practice. (This is the current heart of my work.) Reach out to get started→
Apitherapy consult—for building everyday health with the full medicine of the hive. Reach out to get started→
On the horizon
By-donation bee venom clinic in Grass Valley, CA—in-person, accessible care, coming soon. Get on the waitlist to hear when our first one is, or reach out to help make it happen. We need people willing to open up their homes and businesses for us to offer care! Reach out to express interest→
Training to become a Bee Venom Apitherapist—coming soon. Get on the waitlist to be the first to know, or to help bring it to life. Reach out to express interest→
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Remote Bee Venom
Teaching & Personalized Guidance
Your healing, finally in your own hands. Held with mine.
These offerings are designed for folks healing Lyme and chronic illness. I meet you exactly where you are on the path; this is shaped around what I see people need most at each stage. So you're always well-supported and never overloaded.
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Most people have been stung by a bee before. Aaaand it's safe to say they did not enjoy it. So stinging intentionally? Even for beekeepers who get stung all the time, that is wild to imagine. And it’s an even crazier thing to actually do.
But you’ve read the miraculous healing stories, maybe even checked out a few studies. You have hope this could be the thing that actually works. And you love the idea of healing with nature and the bees—so you’re ready to give it a go!
…Now what?! How the heck do you just get a bee and have it sting you? And don’t you need an epi pen or something?
A lot of people get stuck at this step, spinning on all the little unknown steps. Their strong self-preservation instincts kick in, stopping them from ever getting to the first sting. Don’t let this be you.
Your first sting will be the most overwhelming, panicky, and uncertain threshold of this entire journey. It certainly was for me! I’ll take out the guesswork for you as I break the preparation down into small, manageable steps—and I even sit (virtually) with you on for your first sting success!
The First Sting Success includes:
Initial call (~45 min on phone or zoom)—what to gather, how to prepare your body, and be in right relationship with the bees.
Text support, encouragement, and guidance between our initial call and your first sting. I initiate contact, reaching out to you and checking in with how preparations are going.
First sting zoom session! (~45 min on zoom)—I am there on zoom helping and guiding live as you do your first sting.
A private page here on my website, where I keep track of recommendations, your healing progress, and any important notes.
During this time, you’ll receive teachings and personalized guidance via text, voice note and video on:
#1 Always: Safety rules, guidance, and advice.
The best way to source bees (catching, collecting directly from hives, or shipped to your home!)—we work together to find the best source for you personally.
How to hold and handle the bees.
How to store bees in your home and keep them alive/ comfortable.
The miraculous science behind how a bee stinger actually works and delivers venom.
Recommended and required supplements.
Contraindications and what practices and consumables are complementary.
How, where, how many times, and how long to sting for.
Recommended preliminary testing based on your specific situation (balancing cost with importance).
How to honor the life of the bees and reciprocate for their ultimate gift and sacrifice.
Cost: 245-
Can be bundled with Starting Season (845-) for a total of 995- (95- off)
Can also be bundled with Starting Season (845-) & 6 months of In Your Corner (570-) for 1,470- (190- off)
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Bee venom is cumulative. For healing chronic issues, the first 3 months are critical to establish confidence and regularity, and improvement with stinging.
But a lot can arise during this time that feels uncertain, or scary, and people abandon the process. Having my support here to normalize what’s happening and help you pivot when things aren’t working well will help you stay the course so you can ultimately reap the all the amazing benefits bee venom has to offer.
Informed by all my training, deep dive reading & research, and sometimes with weigh-in on your specific case from my network of bee venom mentors & teachers, I work with you to chart the best way forward together.
Doing Starting Season with me will give you a strong foundation in how to eventually lead yourself through the often years-long journey towards greater health and freedom with the bees.
Starting Season includes:
3 months of my personalized guidance through text and video
Text and voice message support, encouragement, and guidance. I initiate contact, reaching out to you and checking in with how the process is unfolding and what you’re noticing along the way.
A private page here on my website, where I keep track of recommendations, your healing progress, and any important notes.
During this time, you’ll receive teachings and personalized guidance via text, voice note, and video on:
the differing schools of thought in the US (and worldwide) on bee venom protocols—so you can choose the path that works best for your particular (likely sensitive!) system
what to do for herx reactions.
how to interpret what your sting reaction is telling you about the state of your immune system and inflammation.
how to recognize a healing retracing and what to do when it’s happening.
which additional testing is recommended, and which you can likely pass or wait to do later.
how to know when it’s time to move up in bee venom application vs maintaining or reducing.
a list of recommended essential supplements, including which ones you might be using that are contraindicated with bee venom.
how to do microstinging.
when and how to incorporate other hive medicines such as: propolis, honey, bee bread/ pollen, hive air etc.
Cost: 845-
Can be bundled with First Sting Success (245-) for a total of 995- (95- off)
Can also be bundled with First Sting Success (245-) & 6 months of In Your Corner (570-) for 1,470- (190- off)
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After you’ve completed your first season of stinging with my support, you’re ready to (mostly) take the lead.
But most people don’t want to fly completely solo!
Being In Your Corner for monthly support means that I’m no longer reaching out to you, asking regularly how things are going, what you’re experiencing, checking in if you have questions etc.
It means that I’m at the ready when you inevitably meet a bump in the road.
Some examples of common curveballs—where my guidance is very helpful—are:
A new, not-yet-experienced intense healing retracing is arising and you’re totally spooked.
You’re no longer getting the results you were hoping for and you need to pivot, but you don’t know how.
Your regular bee source is no longer available and you need help finding a way to get bees without missing sting days.
A new symptom is arising and it’s causing concern.In Your Corner includes:
Text, video and voice message support, encouragement, and guidance.
You initiate contact, reaching out when you need it.
Cost: 95-
6 months can be bundled with First Sting Success (245-) & Starting Season (845-) for a total of 1,470- (190- off)
Apitherapy Consult
For everyday vitality with the full medicine of the hive.
Not in crisis, just ready to feel your best? Let’s look at where your health is now and build a personalized plan incorporating all the hive's medicines—honey, pollen, propolis, bee bread, royal jelly, hive air, and venom—to strengthen your immunity, energy, vitality, and resilience.
It can be just for you or for your whole family!
Apitherapy Consult Includes:
A one-on-one Zoom consult (~50 min).
A detailed, personalized apitherapy plan, matched to your budget, for you to keep, refer to, and follow.
As much or as little of the "why" as you want — optional teachings, resources, and reading on the science and inner workings of the hive medicines, or just the clear what-to-do if that's more your speed.
Some people want to understand every mechanism; others just want to have a plan. Either way, I've got you.
Cost: 145-
Having an Apitherapy Consult with Gillian was like speaking to a messenger from the bees. She knows so much about the bees' physiology, chemistry, and all the ways their medicines can help our bodies heal. In addition to her wealth of knowledge, she speaks from direct experience, bringing humility and compassion to her practice. I'm looking forward to implementing her advice to boost my and my children's immune systems and help us thrive in an increasingly toxic world.
— Jen Myzel, mama of two littles
