La terapia con picaduras de abejas en China

TO GO WITH China-medicine-science-bee,FEATURE by Neil CONNOR In a photo taken on August 2, 2013, a patient receives bee stings administered by a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine at a clinic on the outskirts of Beijing. Patients in China are swarming to acupuncture clinics to be given bee stings to treat or ward off life-threatening illness, arthritis, and cancer, practitioners say. More than 27,000 people have undergone the painful technique — each session can involve dozens of punctures — at Wang Menglin's clinic in Beijing, says the bee acupuncturist who makes his living from believers in the concept. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones

TO GO WITH China-medicine-science-bee,FEATURE by Neil CONNOR In a photo taken on August 2, 2013, a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine prepares to administer a bee sting to a patient at a clinic on the outskirts of Beijing. Patients in China are swarming to acupuncture clinics to be given bee stings to treat or ward off life-threatening illness, arthritis, and cancer, practitioners say. More than 27,000 people have undergone the painful technique — each session can involve dozens of punctures — at Wang Menglin's clinic in Beijing, says the bee acupuncturist who makes his living from believers in the concept. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones

TO GO WITH China-medicine-science-bee,FEATURE by Neil CONNOR In a photo taken on August 2, 2013, a patient rests after receiving bee stings at a clinic on the outskirts of Beijing. Patients in China are swarming to acupuncture clinics to be given bee stings to treat or ward off life-threatening illness, arthritis, and cancer, practitioners say. More than 27,000 people have undergone the painful technique — each session can involve dozens of punctures — at Wang Menglin's clinic in Beijing, says the bee acupuncturist who makes his living from believers in the concept. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones

TO GO WITH China-medicine-science-bee,FEATURE by Neil CONNOR In a photo taken on August 2, 2013, a patient is given an injection after receiving bee stings from a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine at a clinic on the outskirts of Beijing. Patients in China are swarming to acupuncture clinics to be given bee stings to treat or ward off life-threatening illness, arthritis, and cancer, practitioners say. More than 27,000 people have undergone the painful technique — each session can involve dozens of punctures — at Wang Menglin's clinic in Beijing, says the bee acupuncturist who makes his living from believers in the concept. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones

TO GO WITH China-medicine-science-bee,FEATURE by Neil CONNOR In a photo taken on August 2, 2013, a patient rests after receiving bee stings administered by a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine at a clinic on the outskirts of Beijing. Patients in China are swarming to acupuncture clinics to be given bee stings to treat or ward off life-threatening illness, arthritis, and cancer, practitioners say. More than 27,000 people have undergone the painful technique — each session can involve dozens of punctures — at Wang Menglin's clinic in Beijing, says the bee acupuncturist who makes his living from believers in the concept. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones

TO GO WITH China-medicine-science-bee,FEATURE by Neil CONNOR In a photo taken on August 2, 2013, a patient receives a bee sting administered by a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine at a clinic on the outskirts of Beijing. Patients in China are swarming to acupuncture clinics to be given bee stings to treat or ward off life-threatening illness, arthritis, and cancer, practitioners say. More than 27,000 people have undergone the painful technique — each session can involve dozens of punctures — at Wang Menglin's clinic in Beijing, says the bee acupuncturist who makes his living from believers in the concept. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones

TO GO WITH China-medicine-science-bee,FEATURE by Neil CONNOR In a photo taken on August 2, 2013, doctor of traditional Chinese medicine Wang Menglin uses tweezers to hold a bee at his clinic on the outskirts of Beijing. Patients in China are swarming to acupuncture clinics to be given bee stings to treat or ward off life-threatening illness, arthritis, and cancer, practitioners say. More than 27,000 people have undergone the painful technique — each session can involve dozens of punctures — at Wang Menglin's clinic in Beijing, says the bee acupuncturist who makes his living from believers in the concept. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones

TO GO WITH China-medicine-science-bee,FEATURE by Neil CONNOR In a photo taken on August 2, 2013, doctor of traditional Chinese medicine Wang Menglin uses tweezers to hold a bee at his clinic on the outskirts of Beijing. Patients in China are swarming to acupuncture clinics to be given bee stings to treat or ward off life-threatening illness, arthritis, and cancer, practitioners say. More than 27,000 people have undergone the painful technique — each session can involve dozens of punctures — at Wang Menglin's clinic in Beijing, says the bee acupuncturist who makes his living from believers in the concept. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones

TO GO WITH China-medicine-science-bee,FEATURE by Neil CONNOR In a photo taken on August 2, 2013, a patient receives a bee sting administered by a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine at a clinic on the outskirts of Beijing. Patients in China are swarming to acupuncture clinics to be given bee stings to treat or ward off life-threatening illness, arthritis, and cancer, practitioners say. More than 27,000 people have undergone the painful technique — each session can involve dozens of punctures — at Wang Menglin's clinic in Beijing, says the bee acupuncturist who makes his living from believers in the concept. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones

TO GO WITH China-medicine-science-bee,FEATURE by Neil CONNOR This photo taken on August 2, 2013 shows bees in their hive outside a clinic on the outskirts of Beijing. Patients in China are swarming to acupuncture clinics to be given bee stings to treat or ward off life-threatening illness, arthritis, and cancer, practitioners say. More than 27,000 people have undergone the painful technique — each session can involve dozens of punctures — at Wang Menglin's clinic in Beijing, says the bee acupuncturist who makes his living from believers in the concept. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones