CATDOLL : CATDOLL: What's the use of an empty beehive?

1. What is the use of an empty beehive?

Beehives, commonly known as honeycombs, are places where bees live, reproduce, store, live, overwinter and carry out other activities. They are the general term for the empty combs, honey combs, pollen combs, brood combs, bee paths and spaces inside the beehive. Beehives are combs, which are waxy structures built by the wax secreted by the wax glands in the abdomen of worker bees. They are hexagonal and cylindrical. The combs built by bumblebees or closely related bees of the same genus are called dew beehives in traditional Chinese medicine. The Shennong Herbal Classic lists it as a top-grade product, believing that it tastes bitter and flat. It is used to treat epilepsy, convulsions, cold and heat evil spirits, epilepsy, ghost spirits, poisons, intestinal hemorrhoids. It is good for boiling with fire. It is also called bee intestines. When bees breed young bees and they emerge from the cells, they will leave a thin layer of cocoon in the nest. As the number of generations of insects increases, the cocoon gradually thickens, the volume shrinks, and the color changes from light to dark, and finally becomes dark brown. This is a sign that the combs are old, commonly known as old combs or old combs. A honeycomb usually needs to be replaced every 1 to 3 years. A large or medium-sized bee farm will eliminate hundreds or even thousands of old honeycombs every year.

Honeycomb has a very complex nutritional composition, which almost contains all the nutrients in honey, bee pollen, beeswax, propolis, bee cocoon and other substances. Pharmacological studies have shown that honeycomb water extract has a good therapeutic and auxiliary therapeutic effect on diseases caused by bacteria and fungi. Honeycomb water extract diluted 40 times has a strong inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, Shigella dysenteriae and Salmonella typhi; diluted 50 times has a significant inhibitory effect on fungi such as Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus flavus, Fusarium solani, and Moniliforme; it also has antiviral effects, which can increase the appetite, improve sleep, increase resistance, and promote the reduction of transaminase in hepatitis patients; it can also significantly reduce plasma cholesterol, lower blood pressure and increase platelet effects. Beehive contains volatile oil, which is a toxic component that can drive tapeworms, but it is very toxic and can cause acute nephritis. It also contains beeswax, calcium, iron, protein, etc. Its alcohol, ether and acetone extracts all have the effects of promoting blood coagulation, enhancing cardiac activity, diuresis and temporary hypotension.

People chew pure honeycomb directly, which is effective in treating rhinitis. It is also effective for tooth decay and toothache caused by wind-heat. It also has good effects on esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, etc., and can alleviate the condition and prolong life.

2. What is the function of the empty honeycomb?

Two major uses.

1. Medicinal and edible: It can be effective for certain health conditions.

2. Crafts: Make certain crafts

There is no other use.

3. The queen bee has been missing for half a month. I found 5 or 6 white worms in the empty honeycomb. Are they bee larvae?

Your queen bee is lost. Generally, if you don't get the queen bee in time, there will be no queen, and the worker bees will develop and lay unfertilized eggs, and all that will hatch are drones. It is useless. You can take the larvae in the queen cell and put them in other colonies with queens. The larvae must be small. The smaller, the easier it is to be accepted. Or you can put extra queen bees in a queen cage, and put them in. After 2 days, if there is no siege, you can release the queen bee, and your colony of bees can be saved. Or you can introduce a mature queen cell. Otherwise, there is no hope.

4. Can you eat the empty honeycomb after the honey is extracted?

Yes, but it needs to be new honeycomb. It is best not to eat old honeycomb.