Digestive health

In 2013 60% of all the honeybees in the United States died. Honeybees were leaving healthy hives and not coming back. With no one able to pin down a single simple reason for the problem it came to be known as Colony Collapse Disorder. Basically, the bees gave up. The complex and mysterious glue that kept the coloni…

Antibiotics are medicines which help stop infections caused by bacteria. They do this by killing the bacteria directly, or from preventing it from replicating. Antibiotic drugs have been around since the 1920s. Before then, relatively minor bacterial infections could prove fatal. Antibiotics have revolutionised health…

Propolis is a natural substance, produced by honeybees. Research has demonstrated that propolis has some amazing medicinal properties. Honeybees use propolis as a kind of external immune system - defending the hive against infection. It's antibacteria, antifungal, anti-inflammatory and even antitumoral. And these bene…

Apiceuticals is the term given to natural medicines from the beehive. The millenia people have known about the healing power of honey, which is antibacterial. But there are several other substances produced by honeybees which have medicinal properties. Collectively, these are known as apiceuticals. They include: …

Propolis is made by honeybees from tree and plant resins. These contain flavonoids, a group of chemicals which are antioxidant. Antioxidants prevent damage to cells caused by free-radicals - unstable molecules the body creates when under stress. The flavonoids in propolis are known to have wide-reaching health benefit…