Medicinal Benefits of Beekeeping

By: Dawn Cogan Science-Based ArtJan. 2013

Raw, Local Honey• Concentrated nectar of flowers that

comes straight from the extractor• Only unheated, pure, unpasteurized,

unprocessed • An alkaline-forming food, raw honey

contains ingredients similar to those found in fruits, which become alkaline in the digestive system.

• Doesn't ferment in the stomach • Can be used to counteract acid

indigestion• When mixed with ginger and lemon

juices, it also relieves nausea and supplies energy

• Raw honey has the most nutritional value and contains amylase, an enzyme concentrated in flower pollen which helps predigest starchy foods like breads

Acne

Arthritis

Asthma

Athlete’s Foot

Bad Breath

Burns

Cholesterol

Cough

Dry Skin

Eczema

Gum Disease

Hair Loss

Insomnia

Obesity

Sinus

Sleeplessness

Stomach Ulcers

Stress

Bee PollenPollen provides protein, minerals, fats and vitamins that are consumed by young, nurse bees and made into food for bee brood. This food comes in two forms: Royal Jelly and Bee Bread.

• The miracle of Pollination

Pollen presents itself in different colors depending on what variety of plant it came from.

Pollen Granules

Bee Pollen for Human Consumption

• Natural rejuvenating powers • Aids beauty• Boosts energy• Extends life span• Fights allergies (and possibly

even cancer) • Relieves digestive disorders

Bee pollen bursts with easily-assimilated protein and lecithin, which nourish the brain and nervous system.

• Known to be an accelerator of human growth.

• Used as an immune system builder

• Contains an antibiotic similar to penicillin and is able to inhibit the development of some microorganisms such as Salmonella.

Pollen Allergy Relief• Our Story regarding pollen allergies.• For some individuals, consuming 1 – 2

teaspoons of honey per day throughout the year can reduce or completely eliminate unnecessary suffering from pollen allergies!

• The honey should be produced within 50 miles of where a person lives!

Bee Pollen Doses

• Adults: Start with 1 tsp. in the morning (1/2 hour before breakfast) followed with some water, juice or milk. Increase your intake every day by a few grains until reaching 2 tsp. a day (10 ml). For normal daily intake You may take up to 1 tbsp. (15 ml) daily.

• Children: Start from 3 grains, increasing by 2 grains every few days until reaching 1/2 tsp. a day. You may mix pollen with raw honey and eat it, or dilute it in a liquid at room temperature.

How to Capture Pollen

• Pollen Traps – devices installed over colony entrances that scrapes the pollen off the legs of the honeybees as they enter the hive. The pollen granules then drop into a type of compartment or drawer which is inaccessible to the bees.

Royal Jelly* Highly nutritious excrement from the glands of young honeybees.

* Fed to young brood in the first three days of the egg stage and to queens through out the metamorphic stages.

Royal Jelly Composition

• Royal jelly is a milky secretion produced by worker honey bees.

• Typically contains about 60% to 70% water• 12% to 15% proteins• 10% to 16% sugar• 3% to 6% fats• 2% to 3% vitamins• Salts• Amino acids

Royal Jelly for Human Consumption• General health tonic, for fighting the effects of aging, and for boosting the immune system.

• Asthma• Hay Fever• Liver Disease • Pancreatitis • Sleep troubles (insomnia)• Pre-menstral Syndrome(PMS)• Stomach Ulcers • Kidney disease • Bone Fractures• Menopausal symptoms• Skin disorders• High Cholesterol

How does it work?• There is very little scientific information available about the effects of royal jelly in people. In animals,

royal jelly seems to have some activity against tumors and the development of “hardening of the arteries.”

Propolis Purpose

• Honeybees create propolis to sterilize the hive and to protect it against outside intruders, mold, and infection. It is also used to seal cracks in the hive, and for this reason is often termed ‘bee glue’.

Propolis Composition• Contains approximately 50-70% resins• 30% wax• 10% etheric oils• 5% pollen.

• Rich in amino acids, important for immune system functionHigh vitamin content

• Extremely rich in bioflavonoids (Vitamin P)

• Bioflavonoids are reported to have numerous immune building properties and health benefits. (Bioflavonoids are the natural pigments in fruits and vegetables and are found in abundance in oranges.)

• Propolis contains almost 500 times more bioflavonoids than is found in oranges!According to researcher undertaken at the Second Leningrad Scientific Conference on the Application of Apiculture (bee culture) in Medicine, Bee Propolis is found to be rich in: Vitamin A (carotene), Vitamin B1, B2, B3, biotin. It contains an array of bioflavonoids, albumin, calcium, magnesium, potassium and phosphorus.Except for vitamin K, Propolis contains all known vitamins and has fourteen of the 15 minerals that the human body requires for normal function. (it does not contain sulfur).

Propolis for Human Consumption

Inflammation Ulcers Radiation damage

Herpes Warts Periodontitis

Ear infections Respiratory tract infections

Flu

Cataracts Oxidative stress Staph infection

Bee Sting Therapy (Bee Venom)

• Bee venom is the poisonous substance manufactured by bees to protect themselves, their queens and their colonies.

Bee Venom for Humans

• Bee venom is given as a shot for:• rheumatoid arthritis• nerve pain (neuralgia)• multiple sclerosis (MS)• reducing the reaction to bee stings in people who are

allergic (desensitization) to them (venom immunotherapy)

• swollen tendons (tendonitis)• muscle conditions such as fibromyositis and enthesitis.

Bee Sting Therapy• Bees are good medicine and you don’t have to

get a prescription to get them! Tools:

· Blunt Tweezers

· Glass Jar w/ lid

· The Bible of Bee

Venom Therapy or

“How Well Are You

Willing To Bee?”

anaphylaxis: response to bee venom

• Systemic anaphylactic response to bee venom can be dangerous! • Potentially fatal reaction • Someone whose immune system has been triggered by previous

experience to recognize venom as a threat to the body. • Venom, distributed through the body by the bloodstream, interacts

with basophils in the blood and mast cells in tissues. • Previous exposure has “primed,” or sensitized, the individual by

stimulating these cells to generate immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibodies, which attach to the surfaces of the mast cells and basophils.

• When the venom interacts with the IgE antibodies, it stimulates the mast cells and basophils to release biologically active chemicals. Within seconds or minutes the chemicals give rise to manifestations of systemic anaphylaxis, which are listed on the right side of the figure.

Works Cited• http://www.envirobee.com/beepollen.htm• http://

www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-503-ROYAL%20JELLY.aspx?activeIngredientId=503&activeIngredientName=ROYAL%20JELLY

• http://thenaturalshopper.com/resources/ebook-royal-jelly-bee-pollen/ebook/47-propolis.html

• Credit: Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.• Beekeeping in Western Canada by Alberta

Agriculture and Rural Development, 1998.• http://www.benefits-of-honey.com/

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