I am curious as the process in propolis collection. What can it be used for? Is it valuable? What manner of ways is it collected? Do any of y'all have a particular preferred way of going about collecting? What do you do with it once you have a substantial amount? What is a substantial amount? ETC
Thanks,
Phillip
Phillip,
Check out this link. It answers most of your questions.
https://beemaster.com/forum/index.php?topic=39741.msg426256#msg426256
Jim Altmiller
Quote from: sawdstmakr on April 14, 2019, 08:09:46 AM
Phillip,
Check out this link. It answers most of your questions.
https://beemaster.com/forum/index.php?topic=39741.msg426256#msg426256
Jim Altmiller
Thanks for the link Jim. I will check it out.
Phillip
Just scrape it of on some paper or something put in freezer. Turn it into a powder. I use old coffee grinder. Put in jar with a solvent. I use 190 grain alcohol. I think water also works. Shake jar now and then to help dissolve. Could take some time. The put in eye dropper bottle for ease of use. Put on small cuts and burns. I use it on toe nails as preventive medicine from nail fungus and athletic foot. The bees harvest ingredients from trees and plants. antifungal. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3872021/#!po=0.375940
With Ed?s method, I use a coffee strainer to filter the trash out that does not dissolve.
Jim Altmiller
Propolis Traps on hive and then to freezer
Quote from: sc-bee on April 14, 2019, 09:08:10 AM
Propolis Traps on hive and then to freezer
that`s it.