Apitherapy is a field of complementary medicine based on using live bees and bee products for the treatment and prevention of various conditions.
The name comes from Latin apis (bee) and Greek therapeia (therapy).
Main methods and products
In apitherapy, practically all components of bee life are used:
- Food and hive products: honey, propolis, royal jelly, bee bread, pollen and wax.
- Aeroapitherapy: inhaling beneficial air from special bee houses (apidomics).
- Sleeping on the hives (aeroapitherapy or hive therapy) — a wellness treatment where a person sleeps or rests in a special wooden cabin (apidomic) placed directly above the beehives.