Beeswax is mainly used by bees to make nests;
Bee propolis is used by bees to maintain the health of the entire colony of effective substances, a 5 to 60,000 bees a year can only produce 100-150 grams of propolis, known as the "purple gold". The production period of propolis is mostly in summer and fall, and China's propolis plants include most of the species in the Birch, Willow, Pine, Cypress, and Lacquer families, as well as peach, plum, apricot, chestnut, rubber, eucalyptus, and sunflower, etc. Propolis is an opaque solid, with a surface that is not transparent, and it can be used as an ingredient to maintain the health of the colony. Propolis is an opaque solid with a smooth or rough surface, a sandy fracture surface, and a cut surface similar in appearance to marble. It is yellowish brown, brownish brown, grayish brown, grayish green, dark green, and very few are dark like black. It has a favorite special aromatic flavor. Taste slightly bitter, slightly pungent flavor, chewing the sticky teeth, rubbing and pinching with the hand can be softened. Temperature below 15 ℃ when the hard, brittle, easy to crush; 36 ℃ when the soft, sticky and plastic; temperature of 60 ~ 70 ℃ when melting into a viscous fluid, and separated from the beeswax. Specific gravity varies with different plant species, generally between 1.112~1.136. Insoluble in water, slightly soluble in turpentine, partially soluble in ethanol, very soluble in ether and chloroform. Dissolved in 95% ethanol is transparent chestnut color, and granular precipitation. Pure propolis should not have other impurities. Recent research has proved that propolis contains rich and unique bioactive substances, so that it has antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antipruritic, antioxidant, immune enhancement, hypoglycemic, hypolipidemic, anti-tumor and other functions of the human body has a wide range of medical, health care, has become a hot spot of scientific research in various countries, and become the emerging health care products are highly respected.
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