Propolis is a sticky, usually dark coloured resin from the hive that honeybees collect from living plants and mix with wax and their own secretions, and it is used to repair and varnish their dwelling, cover the inside of the brood cells with a microscopic film of Propolis in order to sterilize a baby bee nursery and embalm dead intruders to prevent them from infecting the hive. It is also used to make the entrance of the hive weather tight and easier to defend.
The Propolis People , South Africa's first propolis orientated company, was started in 1995 with the intention to promote awareness of the health benefits of propolis, at the time when very little was known about propolis and when supply of local propolis was genuinely scarce.
