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Last Updated on Monday, 10 August 2009 20:57 Written by Honeyview Farm Monday, 10 August 2009 20:55

Bees produce a variety of useful things.

Honey

Honey is of course the first thing that people think of with bees. The bees collect nectar from the flowers and convert it to honey and store the honey in honeycomb for use when nectar sources have dried up. Honeybees are the only insects to have honey reserves allowing the entire hive to survive the winter. Useful as a natural sweetener, it honey also adds moisture to baked goods and prevents them from going stale as quickly as goods made with sugar.

Honey consists of:
    * natural sugars       80% (mainly levulose, dextrose and glucose)
    * moisture               15-17%
    * trace mineral        3%

Honey is a quick, safe and natural source of energy because its simple sugars are quickly absorbed by the body.


Pollen

While honey provides energy, pollen is the main source of nutrients for the bees. Containing proteins, fats, vitamins and trace elements it is an excellent nutrient supplement for peoples. Pollination is the reason that plants go to all the trouble of producing brightly colored flowers with lots of nectar. As bees visit the flowers grains of pollen stick to the hairs on their bodies. Lots of the pollen is collected in special organs on the bee's legs to take back to the hive, but some of it is transferred to other flowers as the bee moves around the field causing seed set. Without bees lots of plants would not be able to produce seeds and would not be able to reproduce.

Beeswax

Beeswax is made by the bees from honey. It takes roughly 8 kg of honey to make 1 kg of beeswax. Beeswax is the main building material for bees. All the honey comb where the bees store honey and pollen as well as raising the new bees is made of beeswax. Beeswax makes excellent candles that burn longer and cleaner than paraffin which is distilled from petroleum and can contain toxins. In addition, beeswax is an important component in natural soaps, cosmetics and polishes. It also plays an important role in arts and crafts and many artists keep a block of beeswax handy.

Propolis

Propolis is a natural antibiotic that bees make using tree resins, beeswax and honey. Propolis is used to fill in small cracksand keep rain and wind out of the hive. It will also be used to seal off and disinfect diseased areas or particulates (rotting and decaying plants) that the bees are unable to remove. Containing numerous antibiotics, propolis is effective against bacteria, viruses and funguses. It can be taken orally as a tincture of used externally in a cream or salve form. Studies have shown that propolis is effective against many skin problems and can promote healing and reduce inflammation.

Royal Jelly

What to feel like a queen? Royal Jelly is the magical substance that causes an ordinary worker larvae to become a queen bee. This super nutrient contains vitamins, energy, proteins and fats along with numerous natural hormones that turn the queen into a super bee. The diet of royal jelly causes the queen to be larger and stronger than her regular worker bee sisters and able to lay up to 2000 eggs a day. On this exclusive diet the queen lives 60-80 times longer than the workers and has an incredibly productive life.  Great as a nutrient supplement, royal jelly is also an excellent moisturizer and skin rejuvinator in cosmetics.