BEEKEEPING

FAITH MASALILA

201700203

PRACTICAL 3; VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS FROM BEEKEEPING

INTRODUCTION

The beekeeping industry is easily accessible. It is divided into 3 types of production namely hobbyist,
part-time and commercial. Through all this primary products are produced. The most common are
honey and wax they are considered as the major products of beekeeping. However beekeeping is not
only a source of honey and wax, it also produces propolis, royal jelly and pollen. The products are not
usually given much attention but they can be transformed into a wide variety of value-added products
like candles, lip balm, soap, body lotions and medicine. The table below shows examples of value added
products from beekeeping found in choppies shop.

PRODUCT NAME INGREDIENT USED COMPANY COUNTRY OF PICTURES

OWNER ORIGION
Cream & honey Honey Knorr South Africa
mustard salad
dressing

Honey mustard Honey Paarman foods South Africa

dressing

Botanicals Honey Lux South Africa

glowing skin
shower gel

Bella shower gel Hidroxipropiltrim Bella South Africa

onis honey

Leave-in Honey Miella organics USA

conditioner
Bath soap Honey Lifebuoy South Africa

Hair food Honey Softn free South Africa

Body cream Honey Clere South Africa

Freshpack rooibos Honey Rooibos South africa

tea

Body lotion Honey Bela South Africa

Instant honeyed Honey Eve China

ginger drink

Pure honey Honey Goldcrest South Africa

Baby cereal with Honey Purity South Africa
milk

Baby cereal Honey Nestle cerelac South Africa

Body wash Honey Avroy shlain South Africa

Throat spray Honey and Vitat HLTH US

propolis

Soup Honey Daylesford UK

organic

Snack bar Honey Futurelife South Africa

Chocolate sweet Honey Sally Williams South Africa

cereal Honey Cheerios South Africa

DISCUSSION

Most of the primary products do not have a market until they are transformed into value added
products. From the examples above in the table honey is considered the major beekeeping product and
propolis is less known. Through the increasing knowledge of beekeeping products many value added
products are made as people are now aware of the benefits the beekeeping products have. From the
table it shows that South Africa has made use of honey to its highest level in their value added product.
It has recognized the benefits of honey to the lives of people and improving its products. Some of the
benefits are its nutritional benefits in such a way that it helps in physical performance and help in
resistance to fatigue, it helps to improve food assimilation and it’s useful to the chronic and things like
constipation. It also benefit the skin and wound healing. The propolis which is less known is also one of
the product in beekeeping which ids added to certain value added products like toothpaste, propolis
tablets, propolis syrups and shampoos. All in all honey is the most important and well known product of
beekeeping in regard to food or health, there are no synthetic substances which substitute for the wide
variety of characteristics of honey.