Apitherapy products were developed by Clive Brockdorff and Susan Fletcher. This is what Clive has to say about the products:

"The story begins with the fact that I had been keeping bees since I was eight years old (with gaps for national service and three years living abroad) and had applied traditional bee husbandry to the production of honey until I met Susan Fletcher, a nutritionist (later to become my wife).
She pointed out to me that I was ignoring the most important products of the beehive which had significant medicinal properties. We then set about researching this field and with help of the International Bee Research Association studied hundreds of the scientific papers published.
We were amazed at the wealth of research which has been carried out and spent two years cataloguing and filing as many papers as we could get our hands on, some of which required translating, an expensive and tedious process. At this stage much encouraged by the research we decided to make these products available to the general public."

Our Product Range:

Honey

Probably the best known. It is a bee product made from nectar (plant juice from flowers and other sources) dried and supplied with ferments by the bees with a water content of between 20 - 80%. The bees employ various methods to remove the excess water by evaporation.

The plant juices are thus thickened in a natural way to form honey and, in addition, are provided with fermenting agents by the bees. Average sugar content in honey are as follows:
Fructose or levulose 38.19%
Glucose or dextrose 31.28%
Cane sugar 1.31%
Malt sugar and other double sugars 7.31%
Multiple sugar (dextrine) 1.5%

Wounds, oedema, bacteria
Honey has a healing influence on suppurating wounds and is being used increasingly in hospitals. It may promote rapid epithetialization and absorption of oedema from around ulcer margins. It may help to inhibit the growth of bacteria responsible for bowel infections.

The liver
The liver works hard and determines all sorts of bodily functions. It is of the utmost importance that we assist this major organ so that it should suffer as few defects as possible, defects which will affect many other bodily functions. Honey is a substance that enables us to go a long way to achieving this.

Heart
As regards disorders to cardiac functions, honey can prove useful in cases such as bad cardiac circulation whether or not accompanied by angina pectoris.

Propolis

Bees make propolis by collecting a kind of balsam or nectar from buds and leaves of different types of trees and plants. They then mix this with pollen and different types of active enzymes. These enzymes are secreted from glands situated in the head and thorax of the insects. Bees add propolis to the wax combs, and cover the inside of the hive for protection and storage.

They also polish and line the next batch of cells which the queen is going to lay in so that the larvae are completely protected from the moment they hatch. Propolis is selective in the way it attacks pathogenic bacteria as well as mycosis and virus infections. Because of this selectivity, good bacteria such as the flora which performs a vital function in our digestive systems are not affected.

One of the principal problems facing the medical profession is how to kill diseased cells without destroying healthy or normal cells. Could CAPE (caffeic acid phenethyl ester), extracted from propolis be the answer?

Propolis may help to stimulate the immune system. A healthy immune system reduces the risk of contracting infectious diseases.

Propolis is available from us as either a tincture or a capsule. We prefer the tincture because it can be applied externally as well as being taken orally. It’s the one product we always recommend that you have at hand.

Pollen

First it is important to separate Bee Pollen (entomophilic Pollen) from its close cousin which is airborne pollen (aneomophilic), the latter being the pollen that causes hay fever and other related allergies. Bee pollen is now being recognised by scientists throughout the world as a substance that may promote energy, help build resistance to ailments and boost the body's natural healing powers by giving the immune system a shot in the arm.

Pollen is being heralded by many nutritional experts as a powerful ‘superfood’. In clinical tests around the world Bee pollen has been established as a complete food. A complete food is defined as a food stuff that provides all the nutrients necessary for life and health.

There are numerous reports that show conclusively the benefits of bee pollen exceed that of a simple food item. Bee Pollen contains all the essential amino acids we must eat every day including those the human body cannot manufacture itself.

Pollen is available from us in two forms, granular bee pollen or powdered bee pollen, the only difference being that the powder has been milled to give a smoother consistency for those who want to incorporate it into a smoothie or other drink.

Royal Jelly

Royal jelly is the food secreted by the worker bees which is given to the growing queen larvae. The same food is also given to the worker bee larvae for the first three days after they hatch. The queen larvae are fed the jelly throughout the entire period of their development until they pupate, reflecting the unique nutritional value of fresh Royal Jelly.

Royal jelly is not only a rich food for the larvae concerned, it also turns out to be a highly valuable substance when examined in the light of human physiological needs. We now know that royal jelly consists of roughly two-thirds water and the rest dry matter.

It contains many vitamins, types of hormone and other revivifying substances. The royal food has an extremely complex chemical structure which imparts to the queen larvae a completely different form. The queen even possesses unique organs and working mechanisms, quite remarkable when you consider that both queen and worker grow from an identical egg and the only difference between the two is the diet of royal jelly fed to the queen for all her life.

Royal jelly has long been credited with miraculous rejuvenating and regenerating properties. Legends tell of Oriental potentates who enjoyed renewed sexual power and lived remarkably long lives with a diet of royal jelly!

We only sell Pure Fresh Royal Jelly which will be sent to you in a cold pack to maintain its freshness. There are many heat treated capsules and potions on the market but very few fresh products.

Apimist

Apimist is a unique blend of all four beehive constituents, Royal Jelly, pollen and propolis combined in a base of pure honey. This allows you the convenience of taking a spoonful a day of one product rather than four individual ones. Apimist is also delicious in a smoothie or simply spread on a piece of bread or toast.

Apimist plus

Boost your dosage of your favorite ingredient.
The Apimist plus range consists of Apimist plus Royal Jelly, Apimist plus Propolis and Apimist plus Pollen allowing you to double the dose of your favorite ingredient. For example, Apimist plus Royal Jelly is the standard Apimist with a double dose of Royal Jelly.

Creams

We hand mix three skin creams; Royal Jelly Cream, Propolis Cream and Royal Jelly and Propolis cream. We use a light base cream, soon to be organic, and add the chosen beehive product to it with some beautiful essential oils.