Honeycombs also have high medicinal value, and fresh and clean honeycombs are often used to treat rhinitis. Studies have shown that honeycomb preparations can promote the cellular immune function of the body, and also have strong inhibitory effects on Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, Shigella dysenteriae, Typhoid Bacillus and Proteus vulgaris. It also has inhibitory effects on Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus flavus, Fusarium solani, Leuconostoc and other fungi.
The chemical composition of honeycomb is very complex, mainly containing beeswax, resin, oil, pigment, tannin, sugar, organic acids, fatty acids, glycosides, enzymes, insect hormones and so on.
There are many kinds of bees, and the shapes of honeycombs are also strange. Judging from its shape, it can be roughly divided into three categories:
(1), honey page type: bees are generally domesticated, and their nests are built in artificial beehives (wooden boxes) and hung on the top of the beehives in a large form. Beekeepers call it honey pages, which are taken down and processed into honey or other honey products, such as royal jelly.
(2) Lotus-shaped: A small group of bees usually build their nests in lower parts such as eaves, windowsills and stone ridges, with as few as 3-5 nests and as many as dozens; A swarm of bees built their nests on branches about 50 cm in diameter. There are hundreds of beehives, which are shaped like hanging lotus. Some people describe this kind of hive as' the house is upside down, the Tibetan bees contain poison, and it is a hive'.
(3) crypt type: some bees nest in the soil, and what they generally see is a single-cell structure, and crypt-type hives built by bee colonies are relatively rare, so it is impossible to describe their specific shapes.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Honeycomb