Other than Coyote Peterson, pretty much everybody goes out of their way to avoid bee stings. In fact, bees are a very common fear. Most people know someone who starts running whenever they see black and yellow stripes or hear a buzzing in their ear. However, a unique and rare facial treatment involving bees is trickling down from A-listers like Kate Middleton, Beyoncé, and Gwyneth Paltrow. Rest assured, while bee venom is used in this infamous facial, actual stinging is not. 

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