WHAT IS PROPOLIS?

Propolis is a bee resins for embalming. Resin is produced by bees in a way to add special fluid that comes from the bee's body with the sap collected from trees and then mixed with water their saliva. The goal is to sterilize nest.

Propolis is anti bacterial that kills all the bacteria to enter the hive. Sterilize bees nest with propolis to protect all that is in the nest from invasive bacteria, viruses, or bacteria, for example: the queen bee, egg, honey and baby bees. Natural of the propolis is very effective in killing bacteria, as evidenced by finding a mouse in the hive that has been dead for about 5 years in circumstances does not decompose.

A S I N E

Bee is including animals that enter into the insecta family class and genus Apini APIs. Various species, which many in Indonesia, there is A. cerana, A. Dorsata A. Florea. Type of winning that often is the type as mellifera.

Bee is divided for 4 types as based on the type of distribution:
APIs cerana, allegedly came from mainland Asia spread to Afghanistan, China and Japan.

APIs mellifera, many found in mainland Europe, such as France, Greece and Italy and in the area around the Mediterranean.

APIs Dorsata, body size has the largest area with the distribution of sub-tropical and tropical Asia such as Indonesia, the Philippines and surrounding areas. Evenly spreading in Indonesia, from Sumatra to Papua.

APIs Florea is the smallest species spread from the Middle East, India and Indonesia. In Indonesia, people call with the wasp.

Bee Products are:

1. Honey as the main products derived from nektar flower food that is very useful for the maintenance of health, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.

2. Royal jelly is used for stamina and healing of disease, as cosmetics ingredients mixture, a mixture of drugs.

3. Pollen (pollen) was used for a mixture of drug / pharmaceutical interests.

4. Bees wax (night) was used for pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries as a complement compound.

5. Propolis (bee glue) for the healing of wounds, skin disease and kill the influenza virus.