Honeybees collect resinous/waxy substances from exudates of plants to make a sticky material known as propolis (Ghisalberti 1979; Parolia et al. 2010). They utilize propolis to seal cracks in hives, encapsulate invader carcasses and protect their hives from infection by bacteria and fungi (Banskota et al.

History has revealed that humans had used bee products
such as honey for thousands of years in all societies worldwide.
Honey has been mentioned in the Talmud, the old and
new testaments of the Bible, and the Holy Quran (1400 years
ago). There is a large chapter (SORA) in Holey Quran named
Bee (Al Nahl) and part of it says “ And thy LORD taught the
bee to build its cells in hills, on trees and in men’s habitations,
then to eat of all the produce of the earth and find with
skill the spacious paths of its LORD, there issues from within