What is Propolis?

Ⓒ @kasia.and.bees 🐝🐝🐝 / What actually is propolis?Along with pollen, nectar, and water, honey bees collect resins from plants and trees. They load these sticky resins into the pollen baskets on their hind legs and carry them back to the hive. Thanks to mixing it with their saliva and beeswax, they get that sticky (very sticky!) product called propolis. “Pro- “ means for, or in front of, and “-polis”means the city, and indeed propolis is used to protect the “city” of bees.It can be used to smo