OC103 ONLINE Honey Bee Products 2021

In this 3-hour online course participants will explore the intersection of honey bee history and health and beekeeping husbandry.

Topics include:

• Honey

-How it is made

-Tainted Honey

-Honey Adulteration

-Honey Analysis

-Honey Properties

-Culture & folklore

-Classification

-Melissopalynology

-Preservation

-Medical usage

• Beeswax

-Wax in Medieval Europe

-Qualities

-Candles of the peasants

-Melting wax

-Handmade products/recipes

• Pollen

-Pollen collecting

-Usage

-Properties

• Royal Jelly

-Definition

-Royal Jelly Production

-Products

• Apitherapy

-Definition

-Origin

-Evolution of the therapy

-Rediscovering healing

-Apitherapy & human beings

-Apitherapy and animals

-Benefits

This course provides a general overview of the many contributions and gifts the honey bee has given humanity.