Table Of ContentBee Products
Properties, Applications,
and Apitherapy
Bee Products
Properties, Applications,
and Apitherapy
Edited by
Av shalom Mizrahi
The Israeli College of Complementary Medicine
Tel Aviv, Israel
and
Yaacov Lensky
Triwaks Bee Research Center
The Hebrew University
Rehovot, Israel
Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
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Bee products : properties, applications, and apitherapy / edited by
Avshalom Mizrahl and Yaacov Lensky.
p. cm.
"Proceedings of an International Conference on Bee Products:
Properties, Applications, and Apitherapy, held May 26-30, 1996, i n
Tel Aviv, Israel"—T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Bee products—Therapeutic use—Congresses. 2. Bee products-
-Physiological effect—Congresses. I. Mlzrahi, A. II. Lensky,
Yaacov. III. International Conference on Bee Products: Properties,
Applications, and Apitherapy (1996 : Tel Aviv, Israel)
[DNLM: 1. Honey—congresses. 2. Bee Venoms—therapeutic use-
-congresses. 3. Bee Venoms—pharmacology—congresses. 4. Propolis-
-congresses. QV 785 B414 1996]
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Proceedings of an International Conference on Bee Products: Properties, Applications, and Apitherapy,
held May 26-30, 1996, in Tel Aviv, Israel
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PREFACE
The nature .and diversity of presentations at the conference on: "Bee Products: Prop
erties, Applications and Apitherapy" held at Tel-Aviv on May 26--30, 1996, emphasize the
increasing interest of physicians, practitioners, scientists, herbalists, dieticians, cosmeti
cians, microbiologists, and beekeepers in different facets of bee products.
This volume consists of a selection of 31 contributions presented at the conference
and which provide information on the present status of our knowledge in this area. In spite
of their diversity, they reflect the mainstream of the conference, namely: "Imported" Prod
ucts (honey, pollen and propolis), Exocrine Secretions of Workers (venom, royal jelly).
Toxicity and Contaminants, Quality Control, Marketing, Apitherapy, Cosmetics, etc.
Since antiquity, honey as well as other bee products were used as food, as a cure for
ailments of humans and animals, and as cosmetics.
We hope that this volume will contribute to interdisciplinary studies on chemical
composition, pharmacological effects, nutrition, and other aspects of bee products. Critical
and unbiased experimental research may unravel the yet unknown composition and mode
of action of bee products and elucidate many unanswered questions.
The noteworthy features of this conference were the participants from all parts of
the world and of different cultural backgrounds, who shared their keen interest and curios
ity regarding honey bees and their products. We thank all of them for their personal con
tribution to the success of this conference.
Avshalom Mizrahi
Yaacov Lensky
Editors
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THE CONFERENCE ON BEE PRODUCTS
The Conference was organized by:
The Israeli Honey Production and Marketing Board
and
The Israeli Beekeepers' Associations
and in informal alliances with:
• American Apitherapy Society
• Apimondia -The International Federation of Beekeeping Association
• Asian Apicultural Association
• International Bee Research Association
• Israeli Dietetic Association
• Ministry of Agriculture, State ofIsrael
• Ministry of Tourism, State of Israel
Local Organizing Committee
Avshalom Mizrahi, Ph.D. (Chairman)
Yaacov Lensky, Ph.D. (Vice Chairman)
Moshe Almaliah, M.Sc.
Tsila Dvir, M.Sc.
Abraham Hefez, Ph.D.
Anatol Karakowsky, M.D.
Yanay Sachs
David Sadeh
Yeshayahu Stem, M.Sc.
Boris Yakobson, D.V.M.
International Advisory Committee
Stefan Bogdanov, Ph.D. (Switzerland)
Raymond Borneck, President, Apimondia (France)
Kate Chatot (U.S.A.)
Theodore Cherbuliez, M.D., President AAS (U.S.A.)
Zhibin Lin, M.D. (China)
Charles Mraz (U.S.A.)
Tetsuo Sakai, Ph.D., President, AAA (Japan)
Mira Spitzer-Adir (Croatia)
Artur Stojko, Ph.D. (Poland)
Bradford S. Weeks, M.D. (U.S.A.)
Siriwat Wangsiri, Ph.D. (Thailand)
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CONTENTS
1. The Past and Present Importance of Bee Products to Man
Eya Crane
2. Bee Products: Chemical Composition and Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Justin o. Schmidt
3. Honey as an Antimicrobial Agent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
P. C. Molan
4. Non-Peroxide Antibacterial Activity of Honey 39
Stefan Bogdanov
5. Antioxidant Properties of Honey Produced by Bees Fed with Medical Plant
Extracts ..................................................... 49
Gennady Rosenblat, Stephane Angonnet, Alexandr Goroshit, Mina Tabak,
and Ishak Neeman
6. Speeding Up the Healing of Burns with Honey: An Experimental Study with
Histological Assessment of Wound Biopsies ........................ 57
Th. J. Postmes, M. M. C. Bosch, R. Dutrieux, J. van Baare, and
M. J. Hoekstra
7. The Effect of Honey on Human Tooth Enamel and Oral Bacteria 65
S. R. Grobler and N. 1. Basson
8. Honey Contact with Teeth in Situ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
I. Gedalia, S. R. Grobler, I. Grizim D. Steinberg, L. Shapira, I. Lewinstein,
and Mo. Sela
9. Medicinal Herbs as a Potential Source of High-Quality Honeys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Zohara Yaniv and Michal Rudich
10. The Unique Properties of Honey as Related to Its Application in Food Processing 83
Tsila Dvir
11. Honey as a Clarifying and Anti-browning Agent in Food Processing and a New
Method of Mead Production. .. .. . . .. .. . . .. . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . 89
ChangY. Lee
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12. Bee-Pollen: Composition, Properties, and Applications 93
M. G. Campos, A. Cunha, and K. R. Markham
13. Clinical Evaluation ofa New HypoaUergic Formula of Pro polis in Dressings. . . 101
W. Fierro Morales and 1. Lopez Garbarino
14. Present State of Basic Studies on Propolis in Japan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Tsuguo Yamamoto
15. The Usage and Composition of Prop olis Added Cosmetics in Korea 121
Park Jong-Sung and Woo Kun-Suk
16. Eucalyptus Propolis Beverages with Their Composition and Effects 125
Woo Kun-Suk and Park Jong-Sung
17. An Inhibitory Effect of Pro polis on Germination and Cell Division in the Root
Tips of Wheat Seedlings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
K. Sorkun, S. Bozcuk, A. N. Gomiirgen, and F. Tekin
18. The Exocrine Glands of the Honey Bees: Their Structure and Secretory Products 137
Pierre Cassier and Yaacov Lensky
19. Alarm Pheromones of the Queen and Worker Honey Bees (Apis mellifera L.) 151
Yaacov Lensky and Pierre Cassier
20. Protein Traffic between Body Compartments of the Female Honey Bee (Apis
melli/era L.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Yoseph Rakover and Yaacov Lensky
21. Effects of Feeding, Age of the Larvae, and Queenlessness on the Production of
Royal Jelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Nuray Sahinler and Osman Kaftanoglu
22. The Use of Royal Jelly during Treatment of Childhood Malignancies 179
Osman Kaftanoglu and Atilla Tanyeli
23. The Role of Hymenopterous Venoms in Nature 185
Eli Zlotkin .
24. Effect of Apamin and Melittin on Ion Channels and Intracellular Calcium of
Heart Cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 203
G. Bkaily, M. Simaan, D. Jaalouk, and P. Pothier
25. Bee Venom in Treatment of Chronic Diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 213
Th. Cherbuliez
26. Apitherapy in Orthopaedic Diseases 221
Franco Feraboli
27. The Monitoring of Possible Biological and Chemical Contaminants in Bee
Products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 227
Boris A. Yakobson
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28. Heavy Metals in Propolis: Practical and Simple Procedures to Reduce the Lead
Level in the Brazilian Propolis ................................... 231
Nivia Macedo Freire Alcici
29. Acaricide Residues in Beeswax and Honey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
S. Bogdanov, V. Ki1chenmann, and A. Imdorf
30. Judging the Quality of Honey by Sensory Analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 247
Michel Gonnet
31. Methods for the Characterization of the Botanical and Geographical Origin of
Some Bee Products and for Their Quality Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 253
Giancarlo Ricciardelli D'Albore
Index 263
Bee Products
Properties, Applications,
and Apitherapy
Description:The nature .and diversity of presentations at the conference on: "Bee Products: Prop erties, Applications and Apitherapy" held at Tel-Aviv on May 26--30, 1996, emphasize the increasing interest of physicians, practitioners, scientists, herbalists, dieticians, cosmeti cians, microbiologists, and
