Products from apiculture

Apiculture 

                      The main products from apiculture are honey and beeswax.

1. Honey 

               It is a sweet and supersaturated dense sugar solution prepared by bees to feed their larvae. It has high nutritive value and is easily digested by our system. It has good medicinal value. It is used in Ayurvedic to prepare medicines. It is used to cure burns and ulcer. It also helps in the purification of blood.

2. Beeswax

                   The wax glands present in the skin of worker bees secrete the wax. It is plastic-like substance and yellow in colour. This is called beeswax. It is used for the building of honey comb. Bleached wax is used as the raw materials for making moulds and candles. It is also used as a sealing material.