U.S. Firm Combines Healing Properties of Honey, Elderberries

Pollinate This 
Bees team up with elderberries to make a drink that cures
By Alice Levitt, Seven Days (USA), 6/25/2008
http://apitherapy.blogspot.com/2008/07/us-firm-combines-healing-properties-of.html

…Elderberries came into the beekeeper’s life when Greensboro
orchardist Lewis Hill encouraged him to make a syrup combining the
curative qualities of honey and the fruit…

Besides honey, propolis — the natural spackle that bees make from the
bark of pine and poplar trees to protect their homes — also has
curative mojo. Its resin is rumored to be the source of a
Stradivarius’ sweet sound, and recent scientific papers have linked it
to antiviral, antifungal and antibacterial effects. Honey Gardens
includes propolis in many of its products, including a topical salve, a
natural alternative to Neosporin…

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