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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY MAY YAGHI A young patient reacts as Rateb Samur, a Palestinian agronomist turned healer, gets a bee to sting him near the ear for healing purposes on November 4, 2009 at his private clinic in Gaza City. Samur uses the bees to sting those who have come to him for help -- and amid the territory's deepening isolation, his clinic has been transformed into a hive of activity. Most claims of apitherapy -- the medical use of bee venom -- are anecdotal and have not been proved to the satisfaction of scientists, although believers say it helps relieve pain from multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis and certain other ailments. AFP PHOTO / MARCO LONGARI (Photo credit should read MARCO LONGARI/AFP via Getty Images)