Why Do Bees Benefit So Much From Honey?

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Honey offers unique benefits besides being a great food source.

Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:58 Making Honey
02:37 Life Extension
04:04 Disease Prevention

Articles:
https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-ento-040320-074933Berenbaum MR, Calla B. Honey as a Functional Food for Apis mellifera. Annu Rev Entomol. 2021 Jan 7;66:185-208. doi: 10.1146/annurev-ento-040320-074933. Epub 2020 Aug 17. PMID: 32806934.Haddad LS, Kelbert L, Hulbert AJ. 2007. Extended longevity of queen honey bees compared to workersis associated with peroxidation-resistant membranes. Exp. Gerontol. 42:601–9Propolis image: Maja Dumat from Deutschland (Germany), CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsHoney Pot: aussiegall from sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons