29/05/2023
As per request, today we are going to go into some of the other health benefits you can get from bees. (Its not just about the honey you know)
Did you know beekeepers are said to live longer and suffer less health issues than most other professions? Really its true. But how?
When you're a beekeeper part of your job is to inspect the hives, to get a visual of how your bees are doing, if they need anything and to see of the queen is laying eggs. You have to physically open the hive and inspect. So how does that involve health benefits?
The air in a hive is full of the smells of beeswax, propolis and honey. As well as bees lol. Beeswax naturally cleans and refreshes the air (thats why beeswax candles are more expensive and better for sensitive people), propolis, which is the "glue" bees produce from tree resin to cover up any holes in the hive for reduced air flow, has a hole lot of benefits. Its said to be cancer fighting, antibacterial, antimicrobial, yeast fighting, a natural parasite killer, and is even being studied as a fertility aid for women suffering from endometriosis. Pretty neat huh? Lastly you have honey, but we already went through all those benefits.
So when we as beekeepers open the hives we get bombarded (in the best way) with concentrated amounts of hive air, including all the fore mentioned benefits. Its no wonder beekeepers live longer. For a small apiary like us with 2 strong hives (more to come but 2 for now) we don't get a whole lot of contact with it, but for bigger apiaries with 50 plus hives they can easily spend 8hrs or more opening and inspecting hives. Pretty cool huh? Tomorrow I'll go more in depth. But for now Im out of space on the post. ✌❤🐝