Why do bees collect propolis?

You may have asked yourself this question as the sticky substance was gumming up your hive tools and staining your clothes.

Our friends at Nature’s Image Farm sat down with Dr. Marla Spivak at the Bee Expo to ask that very question. Dr. Spivak has spent decades researching bees and their relationship with propolis.

We all want healthy, disease-free bees! The interview dives into many of the benefits that propolis has for bees.

Here at Premier Bee, we have a lot of respect for the research Marla and her team has conducted on the benefits of propolis. In fact, we even created a product because of it.

The Propola hive body, with its roughened interior walls, restores the natural propolis envelope inside the Langstroth hive — giving bees the natural habitat they know and need.

We hope you give this interview from Nature’s Image Farm a listen. It’s 9 minutes of your day well spent!