Honey and other bee products
Organic raw honey, summer field blossoms, 1kg, glass
€12.99Organic Raw honey
Ingredients: organic raw honey.
Wildflower honey is derived from a variety of wildflowers and plants which are blooming during the summer months. The taste varies from year to year based on what’s in bloom during that year as rainfall and weather affect what plants are blooming each year.
This raw, organic form of honey also delivers a number of important minerals and vitamins, as well as proteins, sugars, antioxidants, and active ingredients that can protect the body in a variety of ways.
The most notable health benefits of this honey include its ability to increase energy levels, suppress allergic reactions, prevent chronic diseases, and improve the health of the skin, among others.
Wildflower honey is a great concentrated source of carbohydrates and sugars, as well as minerals that will stimulate the metabolism and provide your body with the energy boost it needs.
1 kg, glass jar
Store in a cool, dry place.
Organic raw Irish honey, 700g, glass
€11.99Raw, unfiltered local Irish honey from Co. Clare
700g, glass jar
Store in a cool, dry place.
Raw fresh pure bee propolis, 50 g.
€7.95What is propolis?
Did you know that honey isn’t the only thing that bees make? Bees also produce a compound called propolis from the sap on needle-leaved trees or evergreens. When they combine the sap with their own discharges and beeswax, they create a sticky, greenish-brown product used as a coating to build their hives. This is propolis.
Thousands of years ago, ancient civilizations used propolis for its medicinal properties. Greeks used it to treat abscesses. Assyrians put it on wounds and tumors to fight infection and help the healing process. Egyptians used it to embalm mummies.
The composition of propolis can vary depending on the location of the bees and what trees and flowers they have access to. For example, propolis from Europe won’t have the same chemical makeup as propolis from Brazil. This can make it difficult for researchers to come to general conclusions about its health benefits.
Researchers have identified more than 300 compounds in propolis. The majority of these compounds are forms of polyphenols. Polyphenols are antioxidants that fight disease and damage in the body.
Specifically, propolis contains the polyphenols called flavonoids.
Propolis is thought to have antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, and anti-inflammatory properties. But scientific research on propolis is limited. Researchers aren’t exactly sure why, but the bee product appears to provide protection from some bacteria, viruses, and fungi.
Wounds
Propolis has a special compound called pinocembrin, a flavonoid that acts as an antifungal. These anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties make propolis helpful in wound healing. One study found that propolis can help people who have had traumatic burns heal faster by speeding up new healthy cell growth.
Another studyTrusted Source found that a topical propolis alcoholic extract was more effective than a steroid cream in reducing mast cells in oral surgery wounds. Mast cells are associated with inflammation and slowed wound healing.
Cold sores and genital herpes
Ointments that contain 3 percent propolis, such as Herstat or Coldsore-FX, may help speed healing time and reduce symptoms in both cold sores and sores from genital herpes.
One studyTrusted Source found when topical propolis was applied three times a day, it helped to heal cold sores faster than no treatment. The researchers found the propolis cream not only reduced the amount of herpes virus present in a person’s body, but also protected the body against future cold sore breakouts.
Cancer
Propolis has been suggested to have a role in treating certain cancers as well. According to one studyTrusted Source, some of the anti-cancerous effects of the substance include:
- keeping cancerous cells from multiplying
- reducing the likelihood cells will become cancerous
- blocking pathways that keep cancer cells from signaling to each other
The study also suggested that propolis could be a complementary therapy — but not a sole treatment — for cancer. Another study found that taking Chinese propolis could be a helpful complementary therapy in treating breast cancer due to its anti-tumor effects on breast cancer cells.
There is not yet enough evidence to determine whether or not propolis products are safe, but they’re not considered high-risk. People typically take in some propolis when they eat honey. However, if you have an allergy to honey or bees, you will also have a reaction to products containing propolis. Propolis may also cause its own allergic reaction when used for a long time.
Beekeepers are some of the people most likely to have a propolis allergy because they’re around the compound so much. The typical allergic reaction is an eczema-like skin breakout. Talk to your doctor before adding propolis to your treatment plan, especially if you have existing allergies or asthma.
How to use
For gum, dental, or sore throat issues simply tuck a chunk of raw propolis between the gum and cheek and suck on it. This is the simplest way to use it.
Propolis is also used as an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory agent. People sometimes apply propolis directly to the skin for wound cleansing, genital herpes and cold sores; as a mouth rinse for speeding healing following oral surgery; and for the treatment of minor burns.
Store in a cool, dry place.
Product from Lithuania
Raw fresh pure beeswax, 100 g.
€3.49Natural beeswax is suitable for making homemade cosmetics, wax wraps, candles, Easter eggs, etc. It smells of honey and flowers.
What is beeswax?
Wax is produced by the wax glands of worker bees located in the lower abdomen. Most bees produce wax. The production and release of wax is stimulated by a good honey bee: the more honey and pollen the bees bring to the hive, the more they produce wax and sew the honeycomb.
Beeswax was known in ancient times. In ancient Egypt, wax was used to embalm the dead, to make candles. In medieval Lithuania, where drew beekeeping still prevailed at that time, it was already known to collect and produce large quantities of wax, which was sufficient for the local market and export.
Beeswax composition
Fresh beeswax is completely white. Later, the wax acquires a yellowish color as pitch and pollen are mixed into it. Natural beeswax smells pleasantly of honey.
The wax contains complex ethers, free fatty acids and carbohydrates. Beeswax is rich in carotenoids (provitamin A) and other coloring, aromatic substances. It contains some minerals as well as impurities: pollen, pitch, etc. The melting point of beeswax is 60-68 degrees.
Benefits of beeswax
It is recommended to chew honeycomb which contains wax. It’s full of valuable components: vitamin A, pollen, bee propolis.
Natural beeswax is suitable for the production of cosmetics. It forms a protective film and prevents the skin from evaporating moisture, nourishes and softens it.
Beeswax is also used for inhalations, wax therapy, physiotherapy, thermotherapy.
Store in a cool, dry place.
Product from Lithuania
Raw honey with bee bread, 200g, glass
€7.99Raw honey with bee bread
Ingredients: raw honey 60%, raw bee bread 40%
200g, glass jar
Store in a cool, dry place.
Raw honey with ginger and lemon, 200g
€5.99Row honey with freeze dried ginger and lemon
Ingredients: meadow honey (93%), freeze dried lemon (5%), freeze dried ginger (2%).
Honey with lemon and ginger is delicious on its own, with tea, on toast, with porridge, it can even be added to yogurt or smoothies.
Nutritional value (100 g) :
- 334 kcal / 1420 kJ
- Fat: 0.25 g
- of which saturated fatty acid: 0.00 g
- Carbohydrates: 81.58 g
- of which sugar: 81.58g
- Protein: 1.42 g
- Salt: 0.00 g
Store in a cool, dry place.
Raw honey with sea buckthorn, 200g
€6.49Row honey with freeze dried sea buckthorn
Ingredients: meadow honey (95%), freeze dried sea buckthorn (5%).
Honey with sea buckthorn is delicious on its own, with tea, on toast, with porridge, it can even be added to yogurt or smoothies.
Nutritional value (100 g) :
- 372 kcal / 1578 kJ
- Fat: 1.45 g
- of which saturated fatty acid: 1.45 g
- Carbohydrates: 84.25 g
- of which sugar: 84.25g
- Protein: 0.98 g
- Salt: 0.00 g
Store in a cool, dry place.