A research study published in the European Journal of Biotechnology and Bioscience reveals encouraging results for lyme disease warriors, who chose apitherapy as alternative medicine treatment.

The laboratory results indicate that "the combined propolis and bee venom treatment is significantly more effective than other alternative medicine treatments." 

KEY FINDINGS:

- Melittin is a natural toxin protein in bee venom demonstrated to successfully damage the membrane of Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria

- Melittin efficacy is limited as it only causes lysis to the bacteria membrane

- Propolis warps the shape of the bacteria and weakens it

- The synergy of Melittin and Propolis is significantly more successful in eliminating bacteria

- Propolis antimicrobial properties are fast-acting and speed up the bacteria decline compared to bee venom only

Although this research has some limitation due to small sample size, there are many positive testimonials among the bee venom therapy community publicly available in the facebook group “Bee Venom Therapy for Lyme disease”.