Honey bee as apitoxin, carries several active components, the most abundant of which is melittin, and the most biologically active are enzymes, particularly phospholipase A2. Bee venom is under laboratory and clinical research for its potential properties and uses in reducing risks for adverse events from bee venom therapy, rheumatoid arthritis, and use as an immunotherapy for protection against allergies from insect stings. Bee venom products are marketed in many countries, but, as of 2018, there are no approved clinical uses for these products which carry various warnings for potential allergic reactions. With an increased number of honey bees in a specific
The Venom Trees of Sunga Venom Trees of Sunga" definitively places Kukulkan in the "Viagens" universe. Roland J. Green, writing for the "Chicago Sun-Times", called the book "light without being fluffy ... [w]itty and briskly paced, with a number of digs at the New Age world-view." The Venom Trees of Sunga The Venom Trees of Sunga is a science fiction novel by American writer L. Sprague de Camp, the twelfth book in his "Viagens Interplanetarias" series and the second in its subseries of stories set on the fictional planet Kukulkan. It was first published in paperback by Del Rey Books in November 1992. An E-book