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 ...

“Nobody ever asks about that!” says Daniel Sullivan, owner of Shipwreck Honey in Seattle, his gleaming impishly behind black plastic-frame glasses. I beam with equal enthusiasm; I’ve been on a quest ...

Beekeeper’s Naturals has been selling its flagship product, the Propolis Immune Throat Spray, for nearly 6 years now: they’ve reportedly sold over 1.5 million bottles. From a gal that started in her ...

Health influencers claim the bee product has a number of benefits for humans, but while research is promising, it is still in early stages. Here’s what you need to know. While honey may be known as ...

When bees combine sap from trees with their own discharges and beeswax, they create a sticky, greenish-brown product used as a coating to build their hives. This is propolis, or “bee glue.” Did you ...

Propolis, sometimes called bee glue, is an important material for honeybee hives. It’s a complex mixture of plant sap, beeswax, and honeybees’ natural enzymes — and it plays an important role in ...

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 ...

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 ...