Honeybees collect nectar and pollen from plants as sources of food. They also collect water to drink and an incredible substance called propolis. Propolis is made from a resin-like material honeybees ...

Is bee propolis sustainable? While humans have many uses for bee propolis, the bee hive also needs enough to get through the winter. It is often hard to explain to new customers why we do not have ...

Propolis, often called “bee glue” isn’t the same as beeswax, although I thought it was. Beeswax is secreted by bees, whereas propolis is collected by bees from trees. It’s a mixture of various resins ...

During the dry season, males of several species of stingless bees (Meliponini) in Thailand aggregate at or near nest entrances. Mating with virgin queens occurs there, and with the male on her ...

When they get sick, bees raid their own "medicine cabinet," researchers have found. Specifically, when infected with fungi, they collect loads of antifungal plant extracts and coat their hives with ...