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Since many thousend years bees and their products had been used not only as nutrition, but also appreciated as medicament. About knowledge of this rich pharmacy wihich the bees provide always knew discoveries come up. In African and Asian countries till now whole combs with the content of brood (eggs, larvae, pupae), pollen and honey are eaten when available. Beside this consumption in fresh form special products from the bee hive are used in durable form for curative healing. |
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| African man counsuming brood with the comb | |||
Now is also in Western countries a strong increase in using of special bee products to note, how |
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| - Pollen: | From bees gathered flowerpollen |
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| - Bee Bread: | With lactic acid-fermentation in the hive durable done pollen. | ||
| - Bee Venom: | Secret from venom glands. | ||
| - Bee Wax: | Secret from wax glands. | ||
| - Propolis: | From bees mainly on buds of trees gathered resins under addition of beeown gland secrets. | ||
| - Gelee Royale: | Jelly of specialized nurse bees with which queen larvae are reared. | ||
These products are used in Apitherapy (healing with bee products) alone or in combination each other, as worthful nutrition for increasing performance in sport and geriatric medicine as also in cosmetics. |
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