propolis

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One could buy honey (8 types), propolis, pollen, honey wines, honey liqueur, sweets, aioli, cosmetics, candles, magnets, postcards and so many other things, all made of the honey and the wax the bees produce.

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  1. noun A resinous substance collected from the buds of certain trees by bees and used as a cement or sealant in the construction of their hives.

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  • Made with honey, royal jelly, bee propolis, and wasp extract, and containing just 5 grams of carbohydrate, it's claimed to encourage the body to burn fat instead of glycogen and improve recovery by reducing lactic acid production. —  This Just In
  • Jamieson has also stopped selling any products with bee propolis as an ingredient because the company could not guarantee the raw material from its North American suppliers was antibiotic-free. —  All Today's News - Sightline Daily
  • It appears that a strange and wonderful synergy is created by the combination of the nectar from the flowers, enzymes in the bees 'saliva, and propolis or "bee glue", which produces results greater than the sum of its parts. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • Brazilian company Pharma Nectar exports propolis, honey and herbal extracts from Brazilian medicinal plants to more than 20 countries, mainly in Asia and Europe. —  Home
  • One could buy honey (8 types), propolis, pollen, honey wines, honey liqueur, sweets, aioli, cosmetics, candles, magnets, postcards and so many other things, all made of the honey and the wax the bees produce. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
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  1. Latin, from Greek, suburb, bee glue (from the fact that it was originally the name of a structure around the opening into the hive) : pro-, before; see pro-2 + polis, city; see pelə-3 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin propolis, from Greek πρόπολις, the substance with which bees line and fence their hives, the suburb or outer part of a city, from πρό, for, before, + πόλις, city.
 

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