[HTML][HTML] Thinking inside the box: Restoring the propolis envelope facilitates honey bee social immunity

M Shanahan, M Simone-Finstrom, P Tokarz… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
When wild honey bee colonies (Apis mellifera) nest in hollow tree cavities, they coat the
rough cavity walls with a continuous layer of propolis, a substance comprised primarily of …

Impact of ethanol extract of propolis on heat-induced egg white protein gels: Formation and properties

M Zhang, L Mei, Y Wu, G Jin, D Bao - Food Hydrocolloids, 2024 - Elsevier
The ethanol extracts of propolis-egg white protein (EEP-EWP) composite gels were
prepared through thermal induction to investigate the impact of ethanol extract of propolis …

Antibacterial effects of propolis and brood comb extracts on the causative agent of European Foulbrood (Melissococcus plutonius) in honey bees (Apis mellifera)

SK Murray, CM Kurkul, AJ Mularo, VL Hale… - Journal of Apicultural …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Among a long list of parasites and pathogens that threaten the European honey bee (Apis
mellifera), European Foulbrood (EFB) has become an urgent apiary disease, as epidemic …

Phenolic Screening and Mixture Design Optimization for In Vitro Assessment of Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activities of Honey, Propolis, and Bee Pollen

A Aboulghazi, M Fadil, S Touzani… - Journal of Food …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The current study used a design of experiments to evaluate the potential synergistic effects
of three Moroccan bee products (honey (H), propolis (P), and bee pollen (BP)) on the free …

Examining propolis use, social immunity, and food systems transformation to support colony health in honey bees and stingless bees

MJ Shanahan - 2023 - search.proquest.com
As the industrialization of agriculture and other environmental stressors threaten honey
bees, stingless bees, and beekeeper livelihoods throughout the world, beekeepers and …