Utilization of Honey Bee Products in Medicine

The uses of honey bee products, especially honey, in medicine go back thousands years ago in ancient Egypt, Greece and China. In many religious texts such as the Quran, Veda and Bible, the nutritional and medicinal properties of honey are mentioned. Medicinal properties of beeswax and propolis have long been, while recently attention to royal jelly and bee venom increased. Honey, pollen and royal jelly are very important at the point of Supplying nutritional requirements. In comparison with synthetic drugs, bee products have multiple healing properties but fewer side effects. Nowadays, with increase in public knowledge uses of bee products will increase.