My aunt had MS and used bee venom therapy. She tried a lot of things and I’m not sure how well it worked, but it was odd enough to me at the time that I remembered it…. probably 40 or so years ago.
The drawing here looks more like a wasp than a bee. Which made me wonder what bee is used for this treatment. I was unhappy to learn they use honeybees.
I don’t have the time to research this very deeply, so I might be missing something. Honeybees are decreasing in numbers. While this sounds harsh, we need to be cultivating honeybees for food for everyone, not used in the treatment of a few. This is especially so for cosmetic purposes (treating mild to moderate acne and decreasing wrinkles for example). I have RA, one of the inflammatory diseases Bee Venom is used for. Heaven knows there needs to be better treatments for diseases like RA, Lupus, Cancer, and MS that cause so much pain and damage. However, I would much rather have enough food for me and my family than less pain and inflammation for me alone.
The Potato and the Tomato are both of the Nightshade family of plants. The fruit of the Tomato and the tuber of the Potato are eatable but the plant it self is poisonous.
The Tomato was once thought to be poisonous and was known as the “Love Apple” because it was thought that jilted lovers would give their ex-lover the supposed poison apple.
Templo S.U.D. over 5 years ago
I’ll pass on the bizarre botany flora.
jimmjonzz Premium Member over 5 years ago
The monster pomato plant yields horrible tasting ersatz tomatoes and unsatisfactory quasipotatoes.
Where’s Dan Quayle? My spellcheck’s gone berserk. It kept asking if I meant Quasimodo’s potatoes.
whahoppened over 5 years ago
I’ve read a honeybee will live if you give it time to work its’ stinger out.
chromosome Premium Member over 5 years ago
My aunt had MS and used bee venom therapy. She tried a lot of things and I’m not sure how well it worked, but it was odd enough to me at the time that I remembered it…. probably 40 or so years ago.
Sassy's Mom over 5 years ago
The drawing here looks more like a wasp than a bee. Which made me wonder what bee is used for this treatment. I was unhappy to learn they use honeybees.
I don’t have the time to research this very deeply, so I might be missing something. Honeybees are decreasing in numbers. While this sounds harsh, we need to be cultivating honeybees for food for everyone, not used in the treatment of a few. This is especially so for cosmetic purposes (treating mild to moderate acne and decreasing wrinkles for example). I have RA, one of the inflammatory diseases Bee Venom is used for. Heaven knows there needs to be better treatments for diseases like RA, Lupus, Cancer, and MS that cause so much pain and damage. However, I would much rather have enough food for me and my family than less pain and inflammation for me alone.
Jogger2 over 5 years ago
But, Time magazine named the computer the “Machine Of The Year” in 1982.
WCraft Premium Member over 5 years ago
So computers are male?
yangeldf over 5 years ago
I heard bee venom is also being used to treat some cancers as well
ex window inspector over 5 years ago
Just one reason I don’t subscribe to Time
tuslog64 over 5 years ago
Tomatoes can also be grafted onto jimson weed – but the result can be deadly!
Dkram over 5 years ago
The Potato and the Tomato are both of the Nightshade family of plants. The fruit of the Tomato and the tuber of the Potato are eatable but the plant it self is poisonous.
The Tomato was once thought to be poisonous and was known as the “Love Apple” because it was thought that jilted lovers would give their ex-lover the supposed poison apple.
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Gent over 5 years ago
Did Time magazine ever name a clock as the Man of the Year?
Gent over 5 years ago
Because back in the 80’s there was no necessity to be politically correct and call the computer a “Person of the year”?
craigwestlake over 5 years ago
It works. I had a friend with severe back pain that tipped over a bee hive and they say he died of health…
gopher gofer over 5 years ago
if they can get the plant to grow cheeseburgers, too, then they’ve really got something…
jrkert over 5 years ago
Why is a wasp shown instead of a bee?
gozar over 5 years ago
That plant should have a corn stalk grafted on it too – corn syrup is one of the primary ingredients in ketchup.