Showing posts with label bee propolis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bee propolis. Show all posts

Monday, December 24, 2012

Benefits of Beehive

Beehive

Honeycomb or propolis is one bee products contained various vitamins and minerals that are beneficial as antioxidants such as bioflavonoids. From the results of the study showed that of the eight million species of insects, bees have only substance impenetrable bacterial immunity. To keep the hive, the colony egg and larval bees in it remain sterile and the eggs can hatch perfectly, producing bee bee propolis. Name derived from the word bee bee propolis (bee), pro (before) and polis (city), generally means before entering the beehive, a significant protective honeycomb from objects outside the nest in other words as a defense system. Research shows the presence of propolis, the number of bacteria and viruses in the nest a bit. If there is interference from other animals into the hive then animals will be killed by a bee sting and then the bacteria or virus that caused so be polished with propolis keep hives sterile area.

Monday, November 1, 2010

What is Propolis?

Propolis is a substance that bees make from tree sap and turn it into an antiseptic to keep the hive clean of germs, fungi and all kinds of insect that it intends to enter.

Resin secreted by trees to heal and protect themselves and then is converted into propolis by the bees. This makes this substance contains powerful natural antibiotics and antifungals with the advantage of not presenting their side effects.