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    Bee By-products

    May 10, 2019 5 minutes
    By Karen K. Will

    Honey is as sensational as it is sweet, but if you thought that honey making was the only work occupying bees inside that hive, think again. A mind-boggling array of insect activities is creating amazing stuff right under our noses. And our noses themselves even benefit, since some of these products can be used to treat allergies—as well as other common ailments.

    According to the American Apitherapy Society, apitherapy (from the Latin apis for bee) is the medicinal use of products made by honeybees. In any health-food store you’ll find a beedazzling selection of bee by-products for sale from Medihoney to pollen to royal jelly. Not only are these products life-sustaining to bees, they can be helpful to humans as well. A word of caution, however: Not all claims are scientifically substantiated.

    Beeswax

    Pure beeswax from consists of hundreds (284 to be

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