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Glossary of beekeeping – B

*Bee – a member of the order that includes ants and wasps *Bee anatomy *Bee bread is the main source of food for most honey bees and their larvae *Beekeeper – also called apiarist or apiculturist, a person who cares for bees *Bee learning and communication *Bee sting *Bee venom therapy – also called apitherapy [...]

Ahmed Gaffer Hegazi – Introduction

Ahmed Hegazi (or Ahmed Gaffer Hegazi; احمد جعفر حجازى) (born May 31, 1948) is currently a Professor of Microbiology and Immunology in the department of Zoonotic Diseases, National Research Center, Egypt. Prof. Hegazi received his masters degree in 1979, and his PhD in 1981. Hegazi’s research work has been focused lately on bee products and [...]

Ahmed Gaffer Hegazi – Awards

*First Class Decoration of Excellence, Egypt, 1995 *The Senior Scientist Prize of National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt, 1996 *The National Scientific Prize In Biological Sciences, Egypt, 1990 *The Scientific Prize of The National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt, 1989 *The Second Best Research Paper Award, International Congress of Propolis, Bones Airs, Argentina, 2000 *Main Speaker Award,10th [...]

Apis cerana – Introduction

”Apis cerana”, or the Asiatic honey bee (or the Eastern honey bee), are small honey bees of southern and southeastern Asia, such as China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, Bangladesh and Papua New Guinea. This species is the sister species of ”Apis koschevnikovi”, and both are in the same subgenus as the Western (European) honey bee, [...]

Bodog Beck – Beck’s apitheraphy studies

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Over the many years during which he practiced apitherapy he treated thousands of patients with many varied medical conditions. He, as much as anyone else utilizing bee venom for therapeutic purposes, came to understand the potential uses and definite limitations of this approach to therapy. According to Charles Mraz, he was fond of saying that [...]

Apitherapy – Introduction

Apitherapy

Apitherapy is the medical use of honey bee products. This can include the use of honey, pollen, propolis, royal jelly, and bee venom. Most claims of apitherapy have not been proved to the scientific standards of evidence-based medicine and are anecdotal in nature. A wide variety of conditions and diseases have been suggested by believers [...]

Apitherapy – Clinical practice

Apitherapy

While ‘Apitherapy’ encompasses use or consumption of bee products, the term is most commonly associated with bee venom therapy and not the consumption of honey or other bee products. Bee venom therapy is claimed to be of use in arthritis, bursitis, tendinitis, dissolving scar tissue (”e.g.” keloids), and Herpes zoster, among other illnesses. The most [...]

Bodog Beck – Introduction

Apitherapy

Bodog Beck (Budapest, Hungary, 1871 – New York City, January 1, 1942) was an American physician. He became famous for his studies about apitherapy. Beck was a product of the central European world of the late nineteenth century that produced such other therapeutic pioneers as Sigmund Freud, Ignaz Semmelweis, the father of modem antisepsis, and [...]

Index of alternative medicine articles – A

Auriculotherapy

* Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine * Acupressure * Acupuncture * Acupuncture detoxification * Acupuncture point * Adrenal fatigue * Affirmations * Alexander Technique * Alternative cancer treatments * Alternative medicine * Alternative medicine degrees * Amygdalin * Anatomy of the Spirit * Anthroposophical medicine * Apitherapy * Applied kinesiology * Aromatherapy * [...]

Apitherapy – History

Apitherapy

The exact origins of apitherapy are difficult to pinpoint and can be traced back, in a general sense, to ancient Egypt, Greece and China. Use of honey and other bee products can be traced back thousands of years and healing properties are included in many religious texts including the Veda, Bible and Quran. These are [...]

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