Individual Research on Bees

From my research I have found out that Bees are very crucial to the quality of human life, and they help us in many different ways. When Sian and I visited the Botanical Gardens we were unable to gather much information about the bee project going on there, I decided to take a look at their website.

So here is what I discovered, at the gardens they are currently doing a project on Apothecary Bees,  according to their website http://www.gardenofwales.org.uk/science/plants-for-health/ ;

This project looks at the medicinal properties of honey and combines screening tests developed at the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Surprisingly to me, Honey has long been known to have anti-bacterial properties and is already used in wound dressings. However the honey will vary in its effectiveness partly depending on the plants the bees visited to create it. In this project they will be screening wild flower honey, for activity against two of the most common hospital- acquired infections, the bacteria MRSA and Clostriduim difficile.

This information was fascinating to me and since made me realise even more how important bees are to this planet. Furthermore, from personal experience, I have found the use of locally sourced honey is helpful in lowering symptoms of the allergy Hay-fever, which is another positive medicinal use for honey.