Propolis and Bee Pollen Processing

By Micheal Thomas

The bees are truly amazing creatures. All of the bee products they produce have valuable contributions to human health. Propolis and bee pollen processing are just two of the amazing bee supplements that are very important for human consumption.

What is bee propolis?

Propolis is the sticky resin which seeps from the buds of certain trees. The bees gather this and use it to line the interior of brood cells in preparation for the hive Queen's laying of eggs. The bee propolis has rich antiseptic, antibiotic, antibacterial, antifungal, and antiviral properties. It is frequently used as a cancer treatment, curing of urinary tract infections, open wounds, sinus congestion, and in many other diseases caused by fungi, bacterias, or viruses.

Bee pollen, on the other hand, contains all the essential nutrients needed by our body, ranging from the essential vitamins to minerals to the complete amino acids to proteins to enzymes and coenzymes and so much more. It also has unique antibiotic properties for viral and bacterial disease prevention, antihistamine properties for allergy treatments, and antioxidant properties to combat and prevent any development of life-threatening diseases.

The pollen collection all starts when a honeybee leaves the hive in search for nectar and pollen for the colony's food. Pollens are the male reproductive units of flowering plants which bees gather together with the flowers' nectars for the colony's food. As the honeybees fly from flower to flower, their hairy bodies pick up various pollen grains. Flowers benefit a lot from this pollen collecting process of bees because they are able to reproduce successfully.

The attached pollens on the bees' bodies are carefully brushed off by the bee's legs when they are in flight. Honeybees add something special to these pollen grains that make them sticky enough to be hammered into the "pollen baskets" of the bees' hind legs, these pollens are now the ones we know as pollens from the bee. Honeybees carry these pollens back to the hive. Beekeepers attach pollen catching devices on the entrance of each hive allowing some pollen to drop off from the bees' legs.

This particular pollen has everything man needs for survival and longevity. The nutrients are vital factors in keeping one's body youthful by maintaining the different systems' proper functionality, increasing one's energy, restoring balance in metabolism, preventing life threatening diseases as well as aiding cell regeneration, and total body nourishment and so much more.

Increasing your life span considerably is now made possible by high grade bee products which are manufactured by freeze drying in order to maintain the intact potency of the pollen.

The cleanest and purest propolis and pollen processing only happens in the country of New Zealand where there is no visible industries, dense human population, nor the use of commercially sprayed insecticides, pesticides, and fertilizers.

The pollution and population can cause harmful effects on the propolis and bee processing because the heavy metals, chemicals, toxins, and other impurities brought by these elements affect the way bees manufacture and process their bee products. The bee supplements which are collected and manufactured in countries other than New Zealand cannot provide human beings with their expected health benefits.