Creating Health and Wealth from the Hives

Summary about Propolis and Honey by Muraina Muideen

The bee is known for its sting, but this creature can also produce substances that have been used by man for both medicinal purposes as well as a source of economic gain. It also serves as delicious foods for many. Bees produce honey, pollen, propolis, royal jelly, and honey comb. The Asians have used propolis and honey to cure injuries and tumors. The Greeks used it to cure wounds and abscesses.
The religious books as well as writings from ancient Persia, the Hebrews, the Bible and the Qur'an all mention propolis and honey.
The potential of bee keeping is great and the technology should be disseminated. Such strong potentials for this agricultural activity are essentially due to the various uses of the products of beekeeping which includes uses of honey and other bee hives products in various ways.
Honey is used as a sugar substitute in cooking, cereals, drinks and beverages. It is a preferable sweetener especially for diabetics’ patients. it is used as a sweetening base for pharmaceutical products. it is used on its own as medicine for various ailments, burns and wound dressing and general stomach problems. It also has several uses in the cosmetics industry.
It is used in the adhesives, textiles and cosmetics industries. It is sometimes used in dental work as temporary tooth filler. It is used as a raw material in making chewing gum.
Lastly, integration of beekeeping practice into the schedule of farmers will be a very rewarding endeavor. Maintenance of an apiary by a farmer can give up to 30% yield increases from improved crop pollination by the bees, thus guaranteeing an overall increased income at no further production input cost.
And if you like it, be a beekeeper because the human being survival depends on them. The bees have an essential role in pollination, the multiplication of the floral species and the development of the cultivation. Without pollen there is no fruit, without bees there is no pollination.

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