What Will I Do with the Products of the Hive?

Hmmm, what will I do?

Of course, you all know about Chez Moi (the bakery)

http://www.chezmoi-bakery.com/ (small plug)...anywho....lol...

This is a Chez Moi rum cake...Brown Sugar Vanilla!

First and foremost, I plan on coming up with a unique recipe in which to use the honey I harvest. This will become one of Chez Moi's Signature desserts.

There are soooo many different products which come from a hive.

They are...

• Honey - is a good alternative when dressing wounds because it halts the growth of bacteria. Of course, it's always good to eat!!! Honey can be used as a health food because of its high content of energy giving sugars.
• Beeswax - candles, cosmetics
• Pollen - is another bee product that can be used as a health food. Bees collect pollen, reproductive spores of seed-bearing plants, from flowers. Pollen extracts have been used to detect and immunize against allergies.
• Propolis - is the sap, or the resinous material, that oozes from the bud and bark of trees, especially pines Bees take the propolis to their hive and add their saliva and wax flakes to it. The material is then used to cover the inside of their hive. Bee propolis reinforces the hive walls and it also help protects the hive from infection. Humans can use propolis to boost the immune system. It has been shown to act in a similar way to aspirin without the negative side effects (Stangaciu, 1999) and to reduce the swelling in a sore throat (Broffman, 1999).
• Royal Jelly - provides a variety of benefits to the human body in addition to its antibacterial and antiviral action
• Bee Venom - Bee venom therapy is able to relieve painful symptoms of arthritis and rheumatism. By injecting the venom from a bee into the skin the pain caused by arthritis and rheumatism is often reduced.

http://www.angelfire.com/me/HoneyBeeHive/MT4.html

Apitherapy utilizes products from the honeybee

including bee venom, bee pollen, raw honey and propolis,

to help promote healing.

I will take advantage of the many health benefits
since I do have OsteoArthritis and Hashimoto's (thyroid disease).