{"id":28,"date":"2020-09-18T12:37:57","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T12:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wihoneybees.com\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2026-01-14T23:34:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T23:34:14","slug":"giving","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/wihoneybees.com\/index.php\/giving\/","title":{"rendered":"Beekeepers Knowledge Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4>Products of the Hive<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Honey bees are often called &#8220;nature&#8217;s chemists&#8221; because of the diverse range of substances they produce. While we are most familiar with honey, their other products are equally remarkable for their industrial and medicinal uses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Primary Bee Products<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Honey:<\/strong> Produced from nectar that bees collect, enzymatically transform, and dehydrate. It serves as their primary carbohydrate source.<\/li><li><strong>Beeswax:<\/strong> Secreted from specialized glands on the abdomen of young worker bees. It is used to build the structural foundation (comb) of the hive.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/wihoneybees.com\/index.php\/propolis\/\">Propolis:<\/a><\/strong> A resinous mixture of tree sap and beeswax used to seal gaps, sanitize the hive, and mummify intruders.<\/li><li><strong>Royal Jelly:<\/strong> A nutrient-rich, milky secretion used to feed larvae and the sole diet of the Queen bee.<\/li><li><strong>Bee Pollen:<\/strong> Foraged flower pollen packed into &#8220;baskets&#8221; on their legs and mixed with nectar. It is the colony&#8217;s primary source of protein and minerals.<\/li><li><strong>Bee Bread:<\/strong> A fermented mixture of bee pollen, honey, and enzymes stored in the comb. This is the bees&#8217; shelf-stable food source.<\/li><li><strong>Bee Venom (Apitoxin):<\/strong> Produced in the venom gland and delivered via the stinger; it is widely researched for its anti-inflammatory properties.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Products of the Hive Honey bees are often called &#8220;nature&#8217;s chemists&#8221; because of the diverse range of substances they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.6.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Beekeepers Knowledge Bank - Honey Bee Research and Discovery Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/wihoneybees.com\/index.php\/giving\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Beekeepers Knowledge Bank - Honey Bee Research and Discovery Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Products of the Hive Honey bees are often called &#8220;nature&#8217;s chemists&#8221; because of the diverse range of substances they [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/wihoneybees.com\/index.php\/giving\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Honey Bee Research and Discovery Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-14T23:34:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\">\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/wihoneybees.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/wihoneybees.com\/\",\"name\":\"Honey Bee Research and Discovery Center\",\"description\":\"Research, Discover, &amp; Share\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"http:\/\/wihoneybees.com\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/wihoneybees.com\/index.php\/giving\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/wihoneybees.com\/index.php\/giving\/\",\"name\":\"Beekeepers Knowledge Bank - Honey Bee Research and Discovery Center\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/wihoneybees.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-18T12:37:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-14T23:34:14+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/wihoneybees.com\/index.php\/giving\/\"]}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wihoneybees.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wihoneybees.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wihoneybees.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wihoneybees.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wihoneybees.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":59,"href":"http:\/\/wihoneybees.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":427,"href":"http:\/\/wihoneybees.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions\/427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wihoneybees.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}