Drone brood is a collection of developing individuals (larvae, prepupae and pupae) drones - males bee colony. used to produce homogenate, which stabilized in one way or another achieve optimal preservation biologically active substances. Interest drone as rich source macro- micronutrients steadily increasing. The purpose this review summarize the collected data on use rational nutrition apither...

BACKGROUND Propolis is widely used in apitherapy, preparations, and food and beverage additives. Various extraction techniques were applied in the extraction of the biologically active constituents of poplar type propolis in order to compare their efficiency. The methods employed were: traditional maceration extraction, ultrasound extraction (UE), and microwave assisted extraction (MAE). RESU...

Recent studies have shown potential benefits of medical-grade honey in the treatment of burns or wounds due to its various antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties, which enhance wound healing. Wounds have been shown to not only heal faster compared to conventional treatments, but also have decreased inflammation and reduced scar formation. As a result, honey has been used for the treatme...

As the only available sweetener honey was an important food for Homo sapiens since his very beginnings. Indeed, the relation between bees and Homo sapiens started as early as stone age . In order to reach the sweet honey, man was ready to risk his life (Figure 1). Already the first written reference to honey, a Sumerian tablet writing, dating back to 2100-2000 BC, mentions honey’s use as a drug...

Drone brood is a little-known bee product, often treated as beekeeping waste or natural varroosis bait. Obtaining drone from beehives does not weaken the family, which why this product used medicine in Eastern European countries. The main objective of work was to design an innovative dietary supplement containing freeze-dried (DB) enriched with calcium ions (3:1). As component, inorganic carbon...