Propolis Collection

[Ben Framed]

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

[BeeMaster2]

Phillip,
Check out this link. It answers most of your questions.
https://beemaster.com/forum/index.php?topic=39741.msg426256#msg426256
Jim Altmiller

[Ben Framed]

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

[ed/La.]

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

[BeeMaster2]

With Ed?s method, I use a coffee strainer to filter the trash out that does not dissolve.
Jim Altmiller

[sc-bee]

Propolis Traps on hive and then to freezer

[blackforest beekeeper]

Propolis Traps on hive and then to freezer

that`s it.