Video: Propolis May Help Keep Honey Bees Healthy 

U Researchers Hope to Revitalize the Honey Bee
Minnesota Daily (USA), 9/17/2008
http://apitherapy.blogspot.com/2008/09/video-propolis-may-help-keep-honey-bees.html

Entomology Professor Marla Spivak is trying to change the 20-year
decline in honey bee populations. Spivak and her lab are focused on
figuring out how to make bees healthy, particularly using their natural
behaviors, said entomology graduate student Michael Simone…

Propolis , tree resin collected by bees to seal their hives, may be
another natural mechanism of disease resistance, Simone said. The resin
has antimicrobial properties and is highly regarded for its human health
benefits in some parts of the world, such as Japan and Brazil, Simone
added.

Simone’s research focuses on answering how and why bees collect this
resin and looking at how it influences bees’ immune systems at a
genetic level. He said if it does turn out to prevent disease and offer
health benefits to colonies, it could be applied in the beekeeping
industry…

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