Bee Products

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. The Past and Present Importance of Bee Products to Man

   • Eva Crane

   Pages 1-13

3. Bee Products

   • Justin O. Schmidt

   Pages 15-26

4. Honey as an Antimicrobial Agent

   • P. C. Molan

   Pages 27-37

5. Non-Peroxide Antibacterial Activity of Honey

   • Stefan Bogdanov

   Pages 39-47

6. Antioxidant Properties of Honey Produced by Bees Fed with Medical Plant Extracts

   • Gennady Rosenblat, Stephane Angonnet, Alexandr Goroshit, Mina Tabak, Ishak Neeman

   Pages 49-55

7. Speeding Up the Healing of Burns with Honey

   • Th. J. Postmes, M. M. C. Bosch, R. Dutrieux, J. van Baare, M. J. Hoekstra

   Pages 57-63

8. The Effect of Honey on Human Tooth Enamel and Oral Bacteria

   • S. R. Grobler, N. J. Basson

   Pages 65-71

9. Honey Contact with Teeth In Situ

   • I. Gedalia, S. R. Grobler, I. Grizim D. Steinberg, L. Shapira, I. Lewinstein, Mo. Sela

   Pages 73-76

10. Medicinal Herbs as a Potential Source of High-Quality Honeys

    • Zohara Yaniv, Michal Rudich

    Pages 77-81

11. The Unique Properties of Honey as Related to Its Application in Food Processing

    • Tsila Dvir

    Pages 83-87

12. Honey as a Clarifying and Anti-Browning Agent in Food Processing and a New Method of Mead Production

    • Chang Y. Lee

    Pages 89-91

13. Bee-Pollen

    • M. G. Campos, A. Cunha, K. R. Markham

    Pages 93-100

14. Clinical Evaluation of a New Hypoallergic Formula of Propolis in Dressings

    • W. Fierro Morales, J. López Garbarino

    Pages 101-105

15. Present State of Basic Studies on Propolis in Japan

    • Tsuguo Yamamoto

    Pages 107-120

16. The Usage and Composition of Propolis Added Cosmetics in Korea

    • Park Jong-Sung, Woo Kun-Suk

    Pages 121-124

17. Eucalyptus Propolis Beverages with Their Composition and Effects

    • Woo Kun-Suk, Park Jong-Sung

    Pages 125-127

18. An Inhibitory Effect of Propolis on Germination and Cell Division in the Root Tips of Wheat Seedlings

    • K. Sorkun, S. Bozcuk, A. N. Gömürgen, F. Tekin

    Pages 129-135

19. The Exocrine Glands of the Honey Bees

    • Pierre Cassier, Yaacov Lensky

    Pages 137-150

20. Alarm Pheromones of the Queen and Worker Honey Bees (Apis Mellifera L.)

    • Yaacov Lensky, Pierre Cassier

    Pages 151-159

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.

• Calcium
• allergy
• animals
• food
• nutrition
• toxicity

• The Israeli College of Complementary Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel

  Avshalom Mizrahi

• Triwaks Bee Research Center, The Hebrew University, Rehovot, Israel

  Yaacov Lensky

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