Not at all surprised to read this. As a general rule, the word among beekeepers is that beekeepers do not get cancer. In all my years of keeping bees, I’ve known only two bee keepers who had cancer. One of them was a very well known guy in California who died from cancer and myself who in four more months will be labeled “cancer free”. The implication is that honey been venom protects a body from cancer.
As for the article’s claim that honey bee venom is damaging to the heart, I have never heard this before and I question the source of this comment. Bee venom, for example, has been shown to lower blood pressure (a South Korean study) by an average of 20 points on both sides of the BP scale.
Growing up on the farm I was stung many times by wild bees which were very common then and it never was a big deal to me bit the paper making wasps were different. My mother was stung on the wrist by three of the little striped boogers we called “Guinea wasps” at one time and she said that she thought for a short time that she would die. She sat on the ground and looked very weak, she said that it felt as if her heart would jump out of her chest.
I've never been stung by a bee in my whole life. Diagnosed with cancer at age 46. This article does make you wonder if A is connected to B somehow.
BTW, best wishes to you! It's a scary ride, but you'll get through it, too. :-)
A friend of mine who is a beekeeper told me about that many years ago. I keep thinking I should get some bees to sting me now and then. I know the pain wouldn’t be that bad and very temporary but I’m just too chicken to do it.