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Beehive products

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Year of publication 2020

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 1p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Category Infographic

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Honey bees may provide livelihood or a source of income for many beekeepers all over the world. This could happen through the services provided by the bees (mainly pollination service, apitherapy and apitourism), or directly through the bee products. The last include: alive bees to guarantee always new queen bees or bee packs, honey, pollen, wax, propolis, royal jelly and venom. Bee products may be used as food for humans, feed for animals, cosmetics, medicines used in conventional medicine (mainly vaccination), or in apitherapy, or other like manifold products, carpentry, attractant, sweeteners, etc.

Last updated date 13/05/2020.

Language English

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